What Were

Writing
A Narrative is a Story

Mrs. Brangwynnes Language Arts September 2015

jbrangwynne@wareham.k12.ma.us

Book
Looks

Students are required

to read a total of 80
minutes of their
independent reading
book at home each
week. On Thursday
nights, they are
required to complete a
Book Look: to show
what they have read
that week. This is in
place of reading logs
that your child may
have done in the past.
Students will be given a
few minutes each week
to discuss their books
with their classmate(s)
who are reading the
same book as them.
There will be book
reports in the future!

Coming
During
Up the month
of October, we will
be working on
descriptive and
expository writing.

(Repeat After Me!)

The month of September

has been dedicated to
narrative writing. I have
had students repeat over
and over that A narrative
is a story. We reviewed
the five narrative
elements: plot, setting,
characters, dialogue, and
theme. We have read
three examples of
narratives: Gilgamesh the
King, a childrens book by
Ludmila Zeman; Seventh
Grade, a short story, and
Oranges, a poem, both

Students typing the first draft of their narratives.

by Gary Soto. This week, students will

be using what they analyzed about
the development of the plot, setting,
characters, and theme of those
stories to write their own narratives.

WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME

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Narrative Writing
Help your child write a better narrative.
Read her narrative with her on her Google Docs.
Help her revise and edit.
Read his independent reading book or childrens
books with him and discuss the authors
development of the plot (events), setting
(time/place), characters, and theme (lesson).
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