Linking Words and Phrases
W.3.1c, W.3.2c, W.3.3c
Name: ______ Date: ______
Hint: Where do you add new facts about your topic? You might need a linking word or phrase here!
Add to this chart if you find new linking words and phrases you would like to remember.
(Time Order) / Words and phrases
that connect ideas
· first
· second
· next
· finally
· then
· lastly
· in the end
· after that / · also
· another
· and
· but
· more
· for example
· as you can see
· in addition
Narrative Writing Checklist: Lesson 10
(Example, for Teacher Reference)
Directions: The criteria with asterisks are addressed in this lesson.
Narrative Writing Checklist: What Makes a Good Narrative Piece?Standard / Characteristics of an
Effective Narrative Piece / Characteristics of
My Pourquoi Tale / Yes?
No?
RI.3.1 / I use some information from what I have read to create characters, setting, or events in the story. / I use information from the frog poems to create the characters, setting, or events in the story.
W.3.3c / The events in the narrative make sense and are easy to understand. / The events answer the “why” question I have chosen.
W.3.3a / I introduce the narrator and establish the situation. / None. (This will vary from student to student.)
W.3.3a / My story has a central problem. / The problem in my story sets up the answer to my “why” question.
*W.3.3d / I resolve the problem at the end of the story and “wrap it up.” / The solution to my problem is the answer to my “why” question.
*W.3.3c
L.3.6 / I use words that show when the events happen. / I use temporal words like after, then, next, finally, at first, in the end.
W.3.3b
L.3.3 / I use dialogue to show the reaction of characters to events. I describe what the characters are doing, thinking, and feeling.
L.3.3 / I help readers understand important parts of the story by describing what they might see, hear, taste, smell or feel if they were there. / Where appropriate, I have used domain-specific vocabulary from the Word Wall and from my Vocabulary Log.
W.3.4
L.3.3 / I tell my story in a way that helps readers imagine the characters, setting, and events. / Where appropriate, I have used domain-specific vocabulary from the Word Wall and from my Vocabulary Log.
*L.3.1 / My words and sentences follow the rules of writing.
*L.3.2 / The spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in my piece are correct.
Narrative Planning Graphic Organizer:
End of Unit 1 Assessment
W.3.3, W.3.4, W.3.5
Name: ______ Date: ______
Establish a situation.
· What is happening?
· Where?
· When?
Introduce the characters.
· Who are the main characters?
· What are they like? / Describe a problem.
· What is the problem?
· What sequencing words will you use to show the order of events?
Middle / End
Explain how the character(s) respond to the problem.
· How does he/she feel?
· What does he/she think?
· What does he/she say?
· What does he/she do? / Provide a solution/resolution.
· How is the problem solved/ resolved?
The Point
· What is the message/purpose of your narrative?
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