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Grade 4 English Language Arts · Level 5, Write, Research & Present

Craft a Narrative

Orient the reader, introduce narrator/characters, sequence events naturally, use dialogue and description, add sensory detail, transitions, and a fitting conclusion.

How the lesson starts: Craft a Narrative

1. Talent Night

   Meet Sunny, a fox who plays the ukulele. Tonight is the Forest Talent Show! Something goes wrong, and then something goes right. But Sunny's story cards got shuffled. Let's put the events in order.

2. Beginning, middle, end

   A story moves from a beginning, to a middle, to an end. The beginning shows the problem. The middle shows what the characters do about it. The end shows how it all works out. Time words like then and just in time are clues.

3. Order Sunny's night

   One evening, Sunny's string snaps backstage. Right away, Pax the badger offers a spare. Just in time, they fix it. Then Sunny plays her song. Finally, the meadow cheers. Each event leads to the next.