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Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards

Writing Standards

Standard: W 8.3 Grades 6-8

Writing a Narrative

Text Types and Purposes: STANDARD 3	RESOURCES
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.	Explore, Imagine, and Entertain Story Writing My Story Narrative PowerPoints Narrative Example Narrative and Descriptive Creative Writing Printables Comic Master Make Beliefs Comix The Art of Storytelling Narrative Writing Tutorial Games for Narrative Writing Teaching Writing eThemes: Personal Narrative Writing
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.	Successful Narratives Ideas for Narrative Writing Story Planning Structure Setting iWrite - Narrative Writing Tips for Writing a Personal Narrative 50 Narrative Writing Topics
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.	Tone and Style Story Quest 12 Exercises for Improving Dialogue Screenwriter's Toolkit Character Development Narrative Writing Diamond
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.	Sequencing Events of a Story Sequence the Story Sequencing Events
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.	Specific words Elements of a Story What Makes a Good Short Story? Figurative Language
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.	Conclusion A+ Papers, Personal Narrative Writing a conclusion How to Write a Personal Narrative The Amanda Project

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