Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details and clear event sequence.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/ or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Review nouns and verbs (tense shifts)
Sentences
Transitions
Punctuation: capitalization and end punctuation
Spelling Consciousness
Notebook Know- How (Aimee Buckner)
The Reviser’s Toolbox( Barry Lane)
The Giggly Guide to Grammar (Cathy Campbell)
Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide (Fletcher and Portalupi)
Mentor Texts (L. Dorfman and R. Cappelli)
Study Driven (Katie Wood Ray)
The No Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing (Davis and Hill)
Picture Books
Someday By Allison McGhee
In My Momma’s Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen ( figurative language, dialogue, imagery)
Snowday by Lester Laminack (endings)
Come on, Rain! by Karen Hesse
The Hello and Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Novels
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Knots in My Yo- Yo String by Jerry Spinelli (autobiography)
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
Essays
Craig Wilson writes for USA Today
Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School
Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom- Middle School Edition
Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant