3rd Grade (ELA) Targeted Standard (W) Strand: Writing Cluster: Text Types and Purposes
ELA-03.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters, organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
c. Use transitional words and phrases to signal event order.
d. Provide a sense of closure.
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