ELA21.5.34

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.34

Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences.

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Writing and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
Poetry and Our National Anthem
Writing ABC Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Songs of Our Lives: Using Lyrics to Write Stories
Unwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Genre Study
Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
Book Report Alternative: Examining Story Elements Using Story Map Comic Strips
Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
The Houdini Box: What Did Houdini Hide? Writing Creative Endings
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: Using Illustrations to Guide Writing
An Unusual Discovery
Color and Line for Mood
Still Life Photography: Daily Life
Transforming Negatives to Positives
Giants of the Past
Story Books
Crafting Cartoons
Writing Road
Haiku Scrolls
Beethoven's Thoughts
Odd Squad: Pienado! Digital Game
Quoting Abraham Lincoln
Journey to Freedom: Underground Railroad
Picture Perfect Character Summaries
Spooky Tales of 5th Grade-Part 3: Theme, Personification, and Fictional Narrative
Perfecting Plot-Writing a Fictional Narrative (Part 3)
Spooky Tales of 5th Grade-Part 2: Theme and Personification
Introduction to Plot: Sort It Out (Part 1)
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