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Features

  • A story map with the narrator, setting, characters, problem, three events and the ending
  • A lined plan too: the same parts on notebook lines, for students who like lines better than boxes
  • Rabbit meets Owl: speech bubbles, then the talk written as dialogue
  • The five senses: what your character sees, hears, smells, touches and tastes
  • Transition words in groups: to start, move ahead, surprise and end
  • Plan an ending that follows from what happened
  • A story frame with It all began when, Suddenly, Meanwhile and In the end
  • Wide-ruled notebook lines with room to write, set in Andika

Skills Covered

  • Set the scene and introduce a narrator
  • Use dialogue and description
  • Use sensory details
  • Order events with transition words
  • Write an ending that follows from the events
  • Plan a story from start to finish

How to Use This Pack

Seven pages for one story. Page 1 is a story map, a young rabbit that can talk to people, with a choice of narrator. Page 2 is the same plan on lines. Page 3 has Rabbit and Owl take turns in speech bubbles, then the talk written as dialogue. Page 4 describes a place in the story with each sense. Page 5 groups transition words. Page 6 plans an ending that follows from the events. Page 7 is a story frame.

In the Classroom

Read the first page of two animal stories, one told by I and one by a narrator, and ask who is telling each. Then students choose a narrator on page 1. For page 3, take the class outside or show a photo and list what each sense notices.

At Home

Describe a place together using all five senses, such as a park or the kitchen at dinner time. Then let your child use the same kind of details in the story.

Tips for Success

  • Decide who tells the story
  • Let characters talk, with quotation marks
  • Use the senses to bring a place to life
  • Use transition words to move through time
  • Make the ending come from what happened

Narrative Writing for 4th Grade

4th Grade

Story writing about animals with a narrator, dialogue, sensory details and an ending that follows from the events. Students map the story, write what characters say, describe a place with every sense, use transition words and plan the ending.

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What’s Included

  • 1 story map, 1 lined plan and 1 dialogue page
  • 1 five senses page and 1 transition words page
  • 1 ending plan and 1 story frame
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