Edug 537 Ubd Curriculum Unit

Narrative Writing Unit
Kindergarten
Kayla Darm
Stage 1 Desired Results
ESTABLISHED GOALS/STANDARDS Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to… write a narrative
story.
Students will be able to compose
their own narrative writing with a
clear beginning, middle, and end. Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will be able to Students will understand that… writing How can writing help tell a story?
demonstrate mastery over the can be used to tell a story. Why do writers write?
conventions of writing, such as Students will understand that… writers How do the conventions of writing
capitalization, punctuation, phonetic write to convey meaning. influence spoken and written
spelling, and sight words. Students will understand that… their language?
conventions of writing influences the
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.3 story being told.
Use a combination of drawing, dictating,
and writing to narrate a single event or
several loosely linked events, tell about the
events in the order in which they occurred,
and provide a reaction to what happened.
Acquisition
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2 Students will know… how to Students will be skilled at… using the
Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English capitalization,
independently write a narrative. conventions of writing with mastery.
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria Assessment Evidence
See rubric TRANSFER TASK(S):
Goal- Your goal is to write a story.

Role- You are an author.
Audience- The preschool students.
Situation- The challenge is to create a story to read to the preschool students
like you are the author.
Purpose- You will help the preschoolers see how writing can be used to create
stories.
Success Criteria- Your performance needs to include a beginning, middle, and
end with attention to the conventions of writing.
Your performance assessment is to write a story like a children’s author. You will
be reading your story at a book read for the preschool students. The challenge
is to use your writing to convince the preschool students that writing can be
used to tell an interesting story. They need your help understanding why we
should write. Your performance needs to include a beginning, middle, and end
with attention to the conventions of writing.
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Journals
Graphic Organizer
Writing samples
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction

Lesson #1- Establishing the Academic Language
Lesson #3- Analyzing a story to identify the beginning, middle, and end
Lesson #7- Write a creative narrative
See Lesson Plan Calendar
Lesson Plan Calendar

Lesson #1 Lesson #2 Lesson #3 Lesson #4
Establish the Author Analysis: Analyzing a story to Introduction to
Academic Why do writers identify the Conventions of
Language write? beginning, middle, writing
and end
Lesson #5 Lesson #6 Lesson #7 Lesson #8

Write a narrative Write a personal Write a creative Give feedback and
based on picture narrative narrative create performance
cards (A winter day) task
Materials
Lesson #7
Lesson #3
Lesson #1
Anchor Chart For the Unit
Performance Task Rubric
Student:
Criteria Needs Work-1 On Track-2 Good-3
Student writing does not Student writing displays Student writing displays
Narrative displays a beginning, middle, a beginning, middle, a clear beginning,
and end. and end that is out of middle, and end.
sequence.
Student does not use correct Student uses correct Student uses correct
Conventions punctuation at the end of any punctuation at the end punctuation at the end
sentences and does not use any of some sentences and of all sentences and
uppercase or lowercase letters sometimes uses uses uppercase and
appropriately. uppercase and lowercase letters
lowercase letters appropriately.
appropriately.
Student uses semi-phonetic Student uses some Student uses phonetic

Spelling spelling and does not correctly phonetic spelling and spelling and correctly
spell any sight words. correctly spells some spells all sight words.
sight words.
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Narrative Writing Unit

Goal- Your goal is to write a story.

Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction

Lesson Plan Calendar

Lesson #5 Lesson #6 Lesson #7 Lesson #8

Student uses semi-phonetic Student uses some Student uses phonetic

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