W.4.3 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
:"Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences."
Our Take: Students should aim to write real or fictitious stories that are easy to follow. Descriptive elements, as well as other grade-appropriate writing techniques, maintain the reader’s engagement. Fourth grade students often take part in pre-writing activities where they outline the setting, character, and sequence of events of their stories before beginning to write.
These worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans, and teacher editions can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Realistic Fiction Writing Assessment
Worksheet
Realistic Fiction Writing Assessment
This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.
Worksheet
Scary Story Cards
Worksheet
Scary Story Cards
On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!
4th Grade
Worksheet
Spilling Salt
Worksheet
Spilling Salt
Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!
4th Grade
Worksheet
Retell the Story
Worksheet
Retell the Story
How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?
4th Grade
Worksheet
Helios the Sun God
Worksheet
Helios the Sun God
This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.
4th Grade
Worksheet
Character Comparison Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Character Comparison Graphic Organizer
Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.
4th Grade
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Lesson plan
Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Help students learn about descriptive writing with this engaging lesson. Your class will learn to show character emotions though the “show, don’t tell” writing technique with videos, practice writing, and class participation.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Paint a Word Picture
Lesson plan
Paint a Word Picture
Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practice creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.
4th Grade
Lesson plan
Interesting Introductions
Lesson plan
Interesting Introductions
Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Lesson plan
Pumpkin Creatures
This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Great Lake Stories
Lesson plan
Great Lake Stories
Natural landmarks are a source of wonder and fascination, and they encourage people’s imaginations. Students will get a chance to use their imaginations in this lesson where social studies and writing combine.
4th Grade
Lesson plan
Two Points of View
Lesson plan
Two Points of View
Are your students ready to see narratives from a different perspective? This reading lesson will get students excited about discovering first- and third-person points of view.
4th Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Heroes and Villains: Story Writing
Workbook
Heroes and Villains: Story Writing
Oh no super heroes and villains on the loose! Only your child's writing skills can solve the mystery and save the day. Perfect for extremely imaginative kids, this workbook keeps thinking on its toes.
4th Grade
Workbook
A Day in the Life of the President
Workbook
A Day in the Life of the President
Play the role of president. This series poses critical thinking in a playful what-would-you-do way. Scenarios leverage reading, thinking and writing skills while engaging kids in modern government.
Social studies
Workbook
Journal Prompts For Kids
Workbook
Journal Prompts For Kids
Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!
Workbook
Games
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Exercises
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Teacher Editions
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Help students’ writing skills evolve with each page!
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Ideas and Organization
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Ideas and Organization
Fourth graders’ writing skills will grow and advance with this vital resource!
Teacher Edition
