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CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS
​www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/language18currb.pdf

TUTORIAL VIDEO

NARRATIVE ORGANIZATION
(4 SECTION/PARAGRAPH METHOD)
1) ORIENTATION: Sets the scene for the reader and the characters involved) When, Where, Who, What
2) COMPLICATION: The problem/conflict is introduced
3) SERIES OF EVENTS: First, Next, Later, After, While, As, Meanwhile, When
4) RESOLUTION/ENDING: How was the problem solved? Or is it a cliffhanger?

​TIP: A simple story described well is often better than a complicated story (too many twists and turns can confuse!)

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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TIPS AND TOOLS
www.drooker.ca/writers-toolkit.html
​A simple story described well is often better than a complicated story...too many twists and turns can confuse!
DIALOGUE
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Think of a door. The opening quotation mark opens the dialogue and begins the spoken sentence. The closing quotation mark closes the dialogue and belongs at the end of the spoken sentence.
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He replied: “What are you doing!” The lady responded: “Oh I’m so very sorry! I didn’t see you there!”

"Said" Synonyms: www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/said.html
dialoguetagsandendpunctuationpracticeworksheet-1.pdf
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FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PERSON VOICE
PAST TENSE
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TRANSITION WORDS, FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, ETC. 
EDITING
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STRONG WORK SAMPLE
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SUCCESS CRITERIA
REASONING/ THINKING: (Ideas, Content, Purpose)

I worked independently to generate ideas. 

I have 4 sections ( Orientation,  Complication/Intro to Problem,  Series of Events,  Resolution)

COMMUNICATION: (Clarity and form)

I use my senses (sight, touch, smell, sound, taste) to build up description of the key events

I used juicy adjectives (ie. brilliant blue eyes) and adverbs (words ending in “ly”) to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

I use like to compare things (ie. She is fast like a gust of wind)

I have a lot of energy/voice in my writing! You can tell that I care and I’m showing off my best effort.

My sentences start off in different ways.

I wrote in past tense (ie. He went)

I used exciting dialogue and dialogue tags (ie. He screamed: “Watch out!”

ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS: (Logical plan, focus and connected ideas)

I have a title that hooks the reader

I used transition words like first, next, then, and last between my details. Sentence parts are linked with conjunctions (but, and, or).

APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS: (Applies language conventions correctly)

I have applied all steps of "Our Proofreading Plan".



ONLINE PRACTICE
Click here to write online and to see Level 4 grade by grade exemplars
www.writingfun.com/WFMOV/narrat.swf

WRITING PROMPTS
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  • Financial Literacy
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • The Playground Legends
  • The Playground Legends Store
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  • Communities
  • Early Societies
  • Political and Physical Regions
  • The Local Community
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Seasonal Changes
  • Needs and Characteristics
  • Materials, Objects and Everyday Structures
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  • Growth and Change in Animals
  • Properties of Liquids and Solids
  • Air and Water in the Environment
  • Movement
  • Soils in the Environment
  • Growth and Changes in Plants
  • Forces Causing Movement
  • Strong and Stable Structures
  • EQAO
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