Fiction Reading Narrative Writing
In this unit, students will identify and analyze story elements and event sequence in a fictional text. Students will utilize story elements to draft a sequenced narrative.
Essential Outcomes
Reading
- 1R1 Develop and answer questions about key ideas and details in a text.
- 1R3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, or pieces of information in a text.
- 1R7 Use illustrations and details in literary and informational texts to discuss story elements and/or topics.
Reading Foundations – Fluency
- 1RF4 Read beginning reader texts, appropriate to individual student ability, with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Addressed in RF unit:- 1RF2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
- 1RF3 Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Language
- 1L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- 1L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- 1L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Writing
- 1W3 Write narratives which recount real or imagined experiences or events or a short sequence of events.
Speaking and Listening
- 1SL1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
- 1SL4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with relevant details expressing ideas clearly
- 1SL6 Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly, using complete sentences when appropriate to task, situation, and audience
All Standards Addressed in this Unit
- See Reading Foundations Units: 1RF2 a-c, 1RF3a-g
- 1R1, 1R3, 1R4, 1R6, 1R7, 1R9
- 1RF4, 1RF4a, 1RF4b
- 1L1, 1L2, 1L4, 1L5
- 1W3
- 1SL1, 1SL2, 1SL3, 1SL4, 1SL6
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
- Why are story elements important?
- Story elements help students understand the text.
- Story elements allow students to recall key information.
- Why are Illustrations important to a story?
- Illustrations to add meaning to their understanding of the characters, setting, and events in the text.
- Why are characters important in a story?
- A character in a story deepens our understanding of the text.
- A character allows students to make connections to the text.
- How do writers create and write narrative stories?
- Writers use words, symbols, and pictures that capture their ideas to create written stories.
Prerequisite Skills
Reading Routines and Questioning
- Story elements & key events
- Staying on topic during discussions
Story Elements
- Point of view & genres
- Listening to and talking about a text
Characters
- Identify specific feeling words
- Identify characters within a text
Point of View, Planning to Write a Narrative
- Personal narratives & writing process
Narrative Writing
- Identify letter names and sounds
- Kindergarten sight words
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