Building and Revising a Narrative Scene – 4th Grade

Description

Overview

These two connected 45-minute fourth-grade writing lessons guide students from drafting a focused narrative scene with dialogue and description to revising that scene for stronger pacing and a satisfying conclusion. Students use a worksheet-supplied passage only as referenced by the teacher; no passage is reproduced in this plan. The lessons use common household materials and result in a revised narrative scene.

What Students Will Learn

• Use dialogue and description to develop a narrative scene.
• Revise pacing and conclusion to improve the story.

What Is Included

• Teacher Guide
• Student Workbook
• Lesson 1: Developing a Scene with Dialogue and Description
• Write a Scene
• Build Strong Sentences
• Check Your Scene
• Lesson 2: Revising Pacing and Conclusion
• Slow Down an Important Moment
• Improve the Pacing and Conclusion
• Peer Editing: Pacing and Conclusion Check

Lesson Overview

• Lesson 1: Developing a Scene with Dialogue and Description (45 minutes)
• Lesson 2: Revising Pacing and Conclusion (45 minutes)

Designed For

4th Grade students studying Narrative Writing in Language Arts.

File Format

One downloadable ZIP containing two printable PDF files. The Teacher Guide contains 23 pages and the Student Workbook contains 6 pages.