Narrative Story 5th Grade By Katie Carlson Spring 2006 Georgia Writing Test Fifth Grade Goal Enhance Language Arts Instruction Scoring Uses Developmental Stages Includes Six Stages Emerging Focusing Engaging Developing Experimenting Extending Introduction Fifth Grade Narrative Short Story Social Studies SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century b Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers flight George Washington Carver science Alexander Graham Bell communication and Thomas Edison electricity Narrative Writing Narrative writing is a form of writing that is used to create characters that entertain and inform readers Students can use narrative writing to retell familiar stories write sequels and new episodes for favorite characters and compose original stories and scripts When writing narratives the author must consider the audience and form Pre assessment Prompts Prompts given to pre assess students writing Prompt 1 What If Animals Could Talk Prompt 2 What If You were less than an inch tall Grouping Options During Instruction Whole Class Cultural linguistic Students with good Standard English skills in both speaking and writing will work with students who struggle with subject verb agreement during the stages of revising and editing During Assessment Individual Prewriting Drafting Publishing Pairs Revising Editing Prewriting Instructional Procedures Choose a topic American Inventor Consider purpose audience and form Narrative class short story Generate and Organized ideas for writing Prewriting Model Show students completed Graphic Organizer Overview Main Points Prewriting Practice Activity Shared Pen Technique Show students completed data sheet Use blank story map on chart paper Wright Brothers Assessment T gives s story map Students must choose topic George Washington Carver Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Students complete story map Modifications Accommodation s Individual student s needs The student who exceeds in the area of writing will be allowed to begin working on the graphic organizer after modeling Gifted students often do not need procedures to be modeled as extensively as other students and are often bored during this time An American Inventor Scoring Guide for Prewriting Task or Skill Meets Setting Characters Events Problem Solution Almost Meets 3 2 Needs Improvement 1 The student describes the setting using at least 3 descriptions The student lists the characters with at least 3 descriptions The student lists three events and describes each The student lists the problem and describes it The student lists an appropriate solution and describes it The student describes the setting using at least 2 descriptions The student describes the setting using less than 2 descriptions The student lists the characters with at least 2 descriptions The student lists the characters with less than 2 descriptions The student lists almost 3 events and describes most The students list at least one event and few descriptions The student either lists the problem or gives a description The student does not list a problem or description The student either lists the solution or gives a description The student does not list a solution or description Total Carlson B 2006 An American inventor Scoring guide for prewriting Unpublished manuscript Valdosta State University GA Graphic Organizer Drafting Label Rough Draft Emphasizes content rather than mechanics Skip every other line Get you ideas down on paper Modify Earlier Decisions Drafting Modeling Completed Draft Point out errors It s Okay Skipped lines Drafting Practice Activity Shared Pen Method Tell students they will write a draft Wright Brothers Teacher will write draft with students Drafting Assessment Activity Students will complete a rough draft S use data sheet and story map Teacher encourages students to be creative Reminds them of conventions Skipping lines not worrying about conventions Modifications Accommodation s Individual students needs Students who are gifted or exceed in the area of writing will be allowed to begin the drafting after the modeling stage if the teacher is confident that the students are ready and fully understand the task Drafting Scoring Guide An American Inventor Task or Skill Exceeds Meets Almost Needs Meets Improvement 4 3 2 1 Characters Characters are defi ned and brought to life Characters are clearly defi ned Events Beginning Middle End Student includes all Events Point of view The student writes entirely from the fi rst person point of view Details were expressed in a pretty clear manner organization needs improvement Details Total Details were expressed in a clear and organized fashion Teacher Comments Main Character is defi ned more info needed for supporting characters Student includes Most events Characters are not clearly defi ned The student writes mostly from the fi rst person point of view The students writes some from the fi rst person point of view Details were somewhat organized but not very clear Details were unrelated and not organized Student includes few events Revising Revising is the stage where writers clarify and refine their ideas in their writing In this stage we will add substitute delete and rearrange materials You will begin this stage by rereading the rough draft to yourself We will then share the rough draft with a partner in the class Your partner will give you feed back on your writing It is in this stage that we will use the blank lines we left on our rough drafts When you revise you will be given a checklist with suggestions for revising Revising Modeling The teacher will place a completed model of the revising stage Henry Ford Point out delete substitute rearrange add Using Blank Lines for revising Revising Practice Activity Shared Pen Technique Revise rough draft Make a copy to revise Revising Assessment Activity Writer Reads Listeners offer comments Writer asks questions Listeners offer suggestions Repeat process Writer Revises Modifications Accommodation s Individual student s needs Students who are gifted or exceed in the area of writing will be allowed to begin the revising after the modeling stage if the teacher is confident that the students are ready and fully understand the task The two students can work together as a team Revising Checklist An American Inventor Author Date Directions Check off the statements once completed 1 The story has a beginning middle and end 2 The story has a problem 3 The