ELA21.4.35

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

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.
Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.
Sensory details use descriptions of the five senses.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people.

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 sensory details.
Use appropriate transitional words and phrases in narrative writing.
Include dialogue in narrative writing.
Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure.

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.