Pupils plan for a historical fiction narrative based on their previous research on expert trades from the Colonial Era. Individuals use the four-square graphic organizer to organize the information they want to be detailed in their four paragraphs. For homework, young writers craft a short comic strip that represents the plan for their narrative.

Concepts

historical fiction, Narrative Writing, colonial america, the writing process, plot development, Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Keep individual work organized in a folder for easy access and organization

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils use research on expert trades from unit 2 of this module to plan for a historical fiction narrative
• Class members add another section to their ongoing rubrics that are used to grade their final task
• The fifth in a series of 16 lessons that work toward writing a historical fiction narrative

Pros

• Common Core designed
• The lesson is clearly organized and includes a comic strip template, as well as a graphic organizer

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.4.2.b W.4.3.a W.4.9.a