Page 64 - Grade 5 - unit 1

Narrative Writing Interactive Lessons

Development The author of “A Royal Mystery” creates a Writing Narratives:
mood of excitement by describing the action during the athletic Dialogue and
competitions at the summer camp. A good description describes Description
events in vivid ways to highlight the narrator's or main character's
experiences and feelings.

Natalie drafted a description about a memorable summer camp
experience. Later, she added words and phrases to give the reader a
clearer sense of her feelings about it.

Revised Draft

Each stroke of my canoe paddle created

Writing Checklist sludgy warm, sticky
a dark swirl in the water. The air was
Development
Do my words reveal humming with
an attitude or feeling warm and sticky. It was full of
about the place?
Ugh! smelled like rotten eggs!.
Elaboration mosquitoes. It
Did I use sensory words?
My nature group was exploring the
Purpose
Did I use vivid details to Oxbow Nature Reserve with Terry, our guide.
describe the setting?

Organization
Did I present the details
in an order that makes
sense?

Conventions
Did I use varied sentence
types?
Did I use correct
spelling, grammar, and
punctuation?

78 ELA W.5.3b, W.5.3d, W.5.5, W.5.10