ELA21.3.33

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.33
Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made up story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end) and provides a sense of closure as an ending.
A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters.
Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and details that describe how the characters feels, acts, and thinks.
Use appropriate transitions in narrative writing.
Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and an ending that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
Because narrative writing describes a chronological sequence of events, it includes transitions that indicate the time and place in which the story is occurring.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.

Vocabulary

Personal narrative
Fictional narrative
Logical plot
Sequence of events
Characters
Transitions
Closure

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