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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "I Have a Story to Tell"

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes acquainting students with the narrative writing process, emphasizing the importance of writing, encouraging students to use imagination,...

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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Narrative Essay Assignments

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

A number of narrative essay assignments are provided in this discussion. Assignments are provided to help scaffold the narrative essay writing process.

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E Reading Worksheets: Narrative Essay Topics and Story Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A collection of 101 narrative essay topics, short story ideas, and narrative writing prompts are provided on this site. Links to related narrative topics are also provided. W.11-12.3 Narratives, W.11-12.3a Narratives

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TES Global

Blendspace: Personal Narrative Writing 3.w.3.3

For Students 3rd Standards

A twelve-part learning module with links to images of notes, web sites, and videos that teach students how to write a personal narrative.

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TES Global

Tes: Forms of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] These Several lessons provide students with an understanding with different types of writing forms: calligram, cinquain, diamante, haiku, and narrative.

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Anecdote/definition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A good extensive definition of "anecdote" and the origin of the word.

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Read Works

Read Works: Finding Salinger

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of a lost cat. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....

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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading (And Scaffolding) Narrative Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Students need to learn the purposes and methods of narration in order to understand the narrative framework and to eliminate frustration when they read. When students know the narrative elements, they can more easily follow the story...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Personal Narrative Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This two-page essay provides an example of a personal narrative (Click on View Printable Version). Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and...

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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...

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Yale University

Yale: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Journey of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th

This site features three novels and uses them to show middle schoolers that reading can be fun and useful. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.

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Read Works

Read Works: Alyssa Wears a Bow Tie

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a fictional narrative about a girl who chooses to show her creativity by wearing a bow tie on the first day of school. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "History's Heroes"

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students appreciate historical events, enhancing students' understanding of the difference between narrative and expository text, and...

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University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.

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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Writing Narrative Essays

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This article provides the components of narrative writing. The author emphasizes ways to make narrative writing better. W.9-10.3e Conclusion

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PBS

Pbs Kids: Daniel's Neighborhood: Daniel's Babysitter

For Students Pre-K - 1st

This e-book is based on the PBS Kids' series, Daniel's Neighborhood. Students will read aloud as Daniel narrates the adventures he has with his babysitter.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Wheel

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and then turn a question wheel to answer questions about the characters, setting, conflict, and plot. Materials are included.[PDF]

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Summary Step Up [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to show the plot elements of the story. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Venn Diagram [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read two literary texts then compare and contrast them by completing a Venn diagram. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Nar Text Structure: Story Sequence Organizer [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to sequence the story and finally create an illustrated storyboard. Materials are included.

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