We are working on writing small moment stories. As we work on our narrative writing, we are focusing on three areas: structure of a narrative, development and conventions.
After viewing two student samples of writing, we noticed that narratives...
In your child's writing and practice at home help work on the above concepts. Here are two samples of writing. The right example is a first grade sample. The left example is a second grade sample.
After viewing two student samples of writing, we noticed that narratives...
- Structure
- Have a strong beginning, middle and thoughtful end
- Have a sequence or order using words like next, after that, all of a sudden, etc.
- Events are separated by skipping a line to show paragraphs
- Development
- Add details by adding...
- action words: walked, chased, opened
- sounds: GRRR!
- feelings: scared, excited
- description: big and pointy
- dialogue and thoughts: I said, "Don't cry!"
- Add details by adding...
- Conventions
- Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and names
- Punctuation at the end of sentences
- Complete sentences/thoughts
- Dialogue: quotation marks and punctuation
- Correct usage of apostrophes
In your child's writing and practice at home help work on the above concepts. Here are two samples of writing. The right example is a first grade sample. The left example is a second grade sample.