Writing a Narrative About Grit
Grade
Grade 5
UNIT
2
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Grit
In Unit 2, Lesson 3, “Writing a Narrative About Grit,” students will write a narrative about one of the two people we learned about earlier in this unit: Henry “Box” Brown or Olaudah Equiano. Students will develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
45 minutes
RELATED SUBJECT:
English Language Arts
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate understanding of the word grit
- Write a narrative that develops real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 5 Unit 2 Worksheet 3: Writing a Narrative About Grit
VOCABULARY:.
- Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Today, you will write a narrative about one of the two people we learned about earlier in this unit: Henry “Box” Brown or Olaudah Equiano. You can choose one of two options:
- Option 1: Write a story about what Henry did on his first day of freedom in Philadelphia. Focus on how he showed grit.
- Option 2: Write a story about what happened on the next day of Olaudah Equiano’s life, after the portion of his autobiography we read. Focus on how he showed grit.
NOTE: Collect and keep the worksheet on the following page for the next lesson in which students will share their stories with a partner.
GRADE 5 UNIT 2 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING A NARRATIVE ABOUT GRIT
Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
For your narrative, choose one of the following options:
Option 1: Write a story about what Henry did on his first day of freedom in Philadelphia. Focus on how he showed grit.
Option 2: Write a story about what happened on the next day of Olaudah Equiano’s life, after the portion of his autobiography we read. Focus on how he showed grit.
Do the following:
- Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
- Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
- Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
- Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
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