6th Grade ELA Targeted Standards (W) Writing Strand Cluster: Text Types and Purposes
ELA-06.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Student Learning Targets for Grade 6 English:
Knowledge Targets
I can understand the characteristics of narrative writing.
I can identify effective transition statements.
Reasoning Targets
I can organize my ideas in a logical sequence.
I can combine sentences with similar concepts to avoid repetition of ideas or wording.
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can make a writing that helps the audience picture the story in their mind.
I can revise my composition for correct grammar.
I can use effective transitions in my writing.
I can establish and maintain a formal style.
I can establish an objective tone according to the discipline.
I can use precise and specific language.
I can focus on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Product Targets
I can produce a variety of narrative writings.
I can write using standard writing conventions.
I can write using the writing process.
Proficiency Scale
Score
6.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Sample Activity
4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth use of narrative text structures- with a focus on effective transitions and vivid sensory images. The writer's style is fluent and flexible, and it is also free of mechanical and grammatical errors. The narrative writing demonstrates exact details that leave the reader with a lasting impression.
3.5
In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0
“The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
When writing narrative text, the students can
develop a narrator and/or characters.
develop a plot.
use dialogue.
use a variety of transitions, phrases, clauses to signal shifts in time.
use precise vocabulary and sensory language to relay experiences.
provide a conclusion that follows from the experiences or events.
Memoir
Personal narrative
Record an event in chronological order
Vignettes
Capture conversation through dialogue
Fictional story
Narrative poetry
Write your own adventure-add conclusion to a given prompt.
Capture a scene
Write portraits to describe a character
2.5
The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:
attempts to engage and orient the reader by introducing the context and narrator and/or characters.
unveils the event sequence in a manner that is not easily followed. The sequential order is disconnected in spots.
makes minimal use of narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. The techniques used are not prominent and do not add to the story.
uses a few transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
uses vague words and phrases, descriptive details, and language to convey experiences and events.
writes a conclusion that does not follow the narrated experiences or events but rather just simply ends the writing.
However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.
1.5
The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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0.5
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
