Implementing District Standards
This unit meets Common Core English Language Arts Standards described under writing standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. The standards are detailed as follows:
- ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.A: Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
- ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
- ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.C: Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
- ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.D: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
- ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.E: Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
In Virginia, the unit will meet multiple Virginia Standards of Learning for 07 Reading. In the Richmond Public Schools pacing guide, narrative writing is to take place in the first nine weeks, so this unit can serve as the beginning of the year icebreaker as well as the narrative writing unite. The unit specifically covers the following standards: 7.5 a) Describe the elements of narrative structure including setting, character development, plot structure, theme, and conflict; 7.5 b) Compare and contrast various forms and genres of fictional text; 7.5 c) Identify conventional elements and characteristics of a variety of genres; and 7.7 a-j, applicable to a focus on narrative writing.
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