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In this activity, students will consider the key features of a narrative, such as plot, setting, rising action, and characters.

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

In this activity, students will explore different kinds of narratives.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

Kids map out character development with this organizer.

Kids plot out a realistic fiction story with this graphic organizer.

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

Teach students to slow the pace of the story by pausing to take stock of what’s happening around the character and inside the character's heart and mind.