Narrative Writing
Subject: ELA · Grade level: 5th
Plan, draft, and revise stories with strong characters, setting, and structure.
In this lesson
- Story elements
- Story structure (5 parts)
- Show, don't tell
- Revising your draft
Key terms
- Character
- A person, animal, or being in a story.
- Protagonist
- The main character — the one we follow.
- Setting
- Where and when the story takes place.
- Conflict
- The main problem the character has to solve.
- Resolution
- How the conflict is finally solved.
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