9th Grade ELA Targeted Standards (W) Writing Strand Cluster: Text Types and Purposes
ELA-09.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation,
establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
b. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events in a smooth progression so that they build
on one another to create a coherent whole.
c. Use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and complex
plots) to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid
picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed, or resolved over
the course of the narrative.
Student Learning Targets:
Knowledge Targets
I can
Reasoning Targets
I can
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can
Product Targets
I can
Rubric - Resources
Proficiency Scale
Measurement of Progress
ELA-09-10.W.03 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Sample Activity
Advanced
In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.
Proficient
The student can
engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
use a variety of techniques to sequence events in a smooth progression so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
use narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and complex plots) to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
provide a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
Progressing
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes; however the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.
Novice
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.
