HS+Reading+-+Narrative+Writing+Lesson

Grade Level: Reading Skills Class – Grade 9-12 Skill Level: Developing (For MAP scores under 211) {next skill level: Progressing} Teacher: Heidi Thomas, Inclusive HS Reading Skills School: Lexington High School
 * Narrative Writing Multi-paragraph Lesson Plan**

__The River__ by Gary Paulsen (Sequel to __Hatchet__, by Gary Paulsen) ATOS Book Level: 5.5 Lexile 960 Fiction Summary: Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
 * Unit/Lesson**:

Book(s): __The River__, by Gary Paulsen Previous notes/photocopies Highlighters: green, yellow, pink (to correspond with narrative writing assignment) Writing Utensil: pencil, preferred
 * Materials Needed:**
 * Book Notes from Active Reading Lesson Plan
 * Quotation-Response from Active Reading Lesson Plan
 * Fiction Summary Planner from Active Reading Lesson Plan (Write Tools, Active Reading, page 51)
 * Three-Column Planner (Write Tools, Narrative Writing, page 68)
 * Colored sentence strips

Using a three-column planner, guide students through writing main ideas, characters, setting, plot, and conflict of the story. Highlight paragraph topics with yellow. Highlight topic details with pink. Students will use their planners to develop complete sentences, organize details, and form paragraphs. Essay may be typed. Using the template attached to this lesson plan, ask students to fill in the blanks with story points that interested them from the story. Use this as an opportunity to use descriptive words (changing from //level 1 words//, to //level 2 words//). Students should hand in typed final copies.
 * Assignment Length:** 2-3 days
 * Lesson Plan 1**:
 * Lesson Plan 2: **

~ Text Types and Purposes (//narrative writing//) ~ Production and Distribution of Writing (//Plan, Setting the Stage, Telling the Story,// // Wrapping it Up // ) ~ Research to Build and Present Knowledge (in-text citations) ~ Range of Writing (writing for reflection)
 * Standards/Objectives – taken from Common Core Standards: (//Write Tools// //Skill Used//) **
 * 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
 * 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
 * 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
 * 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and/or research.
 * 10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

~Writing Applications ~Writing Strategies ~Conventions (technology: spellcheck)
 * Skills students will use: **
 * Ideas/Content (//Plan//)
 * Narrative devices/story details (‘//Movers’, Write Tools Personal Narrative, p. 31//)
 * Organization (//Three-Column// //Planner, Write Tools Personal Narrative, p. 68// )
 * Voice
 * Word and language choice
 * Sentence fluency //(‘Movers’, Write Tools Personal Narrative, p. 31//)

//Story//: pieces of writing with a beginning, middle, and end //Main idea//: the main message //Characters//: the people or animals in a story //Setting//: time and location a story takes place //Plot//: The events that happen in a story //Conflict//: problems between characters or people
 * Literary Vocabulary**:

Students may choose to use: 1) Three-column Planner to form sentences, or 2) Essay template below Essay template below:
 * Essay Writing Assignment**:

Our class read about _________________________________________________. I learned___________________________________________________________. The most interesting part was__________________________________________. I think_____________________________________________________________.

One character in the story was_________________________________________. This character was important because ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________. I think this character was _________________because______________________ __________________________________________________________________. __________________and _____________________ were two characters in the story. _____________ was ____________, while _____________ was __________________. If I could choose, I would rather be ____________________ because __________________________________________________________________.

I think the story took place (where?)__________________because ______________________________________________________________. Things that were found in the setting were________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. Some important things that happened in the story were _____________________ _________________________________________________________________.

First, ____________________________________________________________. Second, __________________________________________________________. Finally, _________________________________________________________.

The conflict in the story happened because _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________. At the end of the story, ______________________________________________. The ending was _______________________ because _____________________ __________________________________________________________________. I (liked/did not like) _____________________ the ending.

Overall, this story ___________________________________________________. The characters _____________________________________________________. The setting and events ______________________________________________. The conflict _______________________________________________________. (ending sentence)___________________________________________________.