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WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest (K-5)

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Title:

WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest (K-5)

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/wqed-pbs-writers-contest/wqed-pbs-kids-writers-contest-k-5/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Other

Overview:

This media gallery is designed to assist students, teachers, and parents in successfully completing an original composition for the WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest. These resources can be used with students in grades K-5.

The gallery includes many resources that students could use to draft and refine a narrative.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	34. With prompting and support, write a narrative that recounts two or more appropriately sequenced events using transitions, incorporating relevant details, and providing a sense of closure. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 34. Narrative Appropriately sequenced events Transitions Relevant details Sense of closure Prompting Support Knowledge: 34. Students know: Narrative text describes a story in a series of events. Events in a narrative are sequenced using transition words. Narrative writing should include relevant details. Narrative writing should end with a sense of closure. Skills: 34. Students are able to: With prompting and support, Write a narrative that recounts two or more appropriately sequenced events. Use transition words in a narrative story. Incorporate relevant details in a narrative story. Provide a sense of closure when ending a narrative story. Understanding: 34. Students understand that: A narrative writing describes a sequence of events, uses transition words to show the chronological order of events, incorporates relevant details that are important to understand the story, and ends by providing the reader with a sense of closure.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	40. Write a personal or fictional narrative using a logical sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings and providing a sense of closure. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 40. Personal narrative Fictional narrative Logical Sequence of events Details Actions Thoughts Feelings Closure Knowledge: 40. Students know: A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story. A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end). A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters. Skills: 40. Students are able to: Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or write a fictional narrative with a made-up story. Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and provide details that describe how the character feels, acts, and thinks. Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure. Understanding: 40. 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. Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 3	33. Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 33. Personal narrative Fictional narrative Logical plot Sequence of events Characters Transitions Closure Knowledge: 33. 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: 33. 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: 33. 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.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	35. Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical plot, transitional words and phrases, sensory details, and dialogue, and providing a sense of closure. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 35. Personal narratives Fictional narratives Logical plot Transitional words and phrases Sensory details Dialogue Closure Knowledge: 35. 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. Skills: 35. 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. Understanding: 35. 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.

Tags:

Narrative Essay, Narrative Writing

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Comments

Use these guides and graphic organizers to come up with an exciting story structure! This resource includes 8 different handouts that will help students plan and draft their narrative.

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Author:

Jessica Byrd

ALEX Classroom Resource

WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest (K-5)