Narrative Writing Overview p. 21
This chapter has two sections: Introductory Lessons and Narrative Writing Lessons. The Introductory Lessons include Movie Scripts and Come Alive Boxes, language development activities that easily integrate and enhance any Language Arts curriculum. Movie Scripts develop robust vocabulary and narrative writing skills. Come Alive Boxes analyze characters in stories as well as teach word choice and descriptive writing for narratives. The second section of this chapter is the Narrative Writing Lessons for Stages 6-8. Each stage begins with an introductory chant, followed by direct instruction steps for students to learn in order to plan and write their own stories. These lessons teach all the elements and skills outlined in the Common Core Standards.