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 plot events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end).
- Narrative writing includes text elements, like characters, setting, and conflict.
- Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a text.
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 plot events.
- Incorporate literary elements into their narrative writing, like characters, setting, and conflict.
- Include dialogue in narrative writing.
- Use a strong voice in writing by developing a personal writing style.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and characters, setting, and conflict.
- Incorporating dialogue between the characters can add details to their narrative writing.
- 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 narratives
- Fictional narratives
- Literary elements
- Characters
- Plot
- Setting
- Conflict
- Dialogue
- Voice
- Event sequences
