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, and lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Starting a Story
Worksheet
Starting a Story
Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!
4th Grade
Worksheet
Opinion vs Fact
Worksheet
Opinion vs Fact
Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Hone writing skills by identifying opinion vs fact.
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
The Power of Living with Integrity
Worksheet
The Power of Living with Integrity
Help your child write a children’s book about the power of living with integrity! Students will draft a short story about someone who embodies integrity and how their actions impacted those around them, then turn it into a children's book.
4th Grade
Worksheet
Write Your Own Comic!
Worksheet
Write Your Own Comic!
It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.
5th 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
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
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
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
Games
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Exercises
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