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E Reading Worksheets

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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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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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Change the View: Retell a Narrative Through Different Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read a short story by Kate Chopin titled "The Story of an Hour." Review the elements of a narrative and the point of view of the narrator. Then, create the final product of the module, a narrative written from a different point of view.
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Other

Fiction Writing Tips: Creating a Vivid Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some excellent guidelines to consider when evaluating your setting in a short story or novel. Discusses the importance of setting, some examples, as well as practical advice in setting your story. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Other

Re:fiction: Making Ends Meet: How to Write a Good Ending to a Story

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This article from Re:Fiction magazine offers tips on different ways to end a piece of narrative writing.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.3: Write Narratives to Develop Real or Imagined Experiences

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 47 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Other

Robert J. Sawyer: Writing Workshops

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a list of columns written by Robert Sawyer. They include: Great Beginnings, Point of View, Constructing Characters, Show, Don't Tell, Description, Research, and more. W.9-10.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e Narratives, W.11-12.3, 3a,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Because of Winn Dixie: A New Point of View

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a language arts lesson concentrating on point of view and narrative writing. Using the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo, learners practice retelling part of a story from another point of view.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: That's the Story!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This is a fun lesson where the students use thinksheets and digital cameras. The students take an "interesting" picture using the digital camera. After they have printed them they are given at random another student's picture. They write...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Very Quiet Cricket

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
During this lesson, students will write a sequel to The Very Quiet Cricket. The students will discuss and demonstrate the use of personification in the story. The class will also complete a WebQuest about The Very Quiet Cricket.
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Caro Clarke

Caroclarke: Dialogue: The Best Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the fourteenth article in a series published with the goal of helping the new novel author. This article focuses on using dialogue to advance the action of the story. Links on the left offer other information about story writing.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Curtis Jennings: Auxiliary Cruiser Prairie: Writes Home

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of his time at war, written by Curtis Jennings, member of the Massachusetts Naval Militia who served aboard the U.S.S. Prairie during the Spanish-American War.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Mary Wore Her Red Dress

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will be able to write and illustrate a personal narrative after listening to the story "Mary Wore a Red Dress". Samples of student work are included.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to eight different online storytelling websites available for free student use followed by an assessment.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella Stories From Around the World

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, 5th graders will compare and contrast different versions of the fairy tale "Cinderella." Students will use a compare and contrast chart chart. After the shared readings, students will use all the elements of a fairy...
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious: Cancer a New Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Short video from Curious in which Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer. [4:49]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Tv: City Horses Part Ii

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Wild TV short video in which riders discuss the benefits of coming to the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City. [2:59]

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