Module Lessons / Grade 3: Module 2: Unit 1: Lesson 8

Narrative Writing Checklist

Name: ______ Date: ______

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.
W.3.3c / The events in the narrative make sense and are easy to understand.
W.3.3a / I introduce the narrator and establish the situation.
W.3.3a / My story has a central problem.
W.3.3d / I resolve the problem at the end of the story and “wrap it up.”
Standard / Characteristics of an
Effective Narrative Piece / Characteristics of
My Pourquoi Tale / Yes?
No?
W.3.3c
L.3.6 / I use words that show when the events happen.
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.
W.3.4
L.3.3 / I tell my story in a way that helps readers imagine the characters, setting, and events.
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 Writing Checklist: Lesson 8

(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. / I use dialogue and description to show rather than tell what is happening in my story.
*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. / I have punctuated dialogue correctly.

Narrative Template: New “Why” Question

W.3.3, W.3.4, W.3.5

Name: ______ Date: ______

/ Situation
/ Character(s)
/ Problem
/ Response
/ Solution/Resolution
/ The Point
/ | Language Arts Curriculum / 1