Grade 3 Personal Narrative Writing Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)

This Grade 3 Personal Narrative Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and an engaging culminating task - to get your students excited about personal narrative writing. The unit includes a 20-day unit plan to help you fit all the useful teaching content included altogether.

This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 3 Ontario Language Curriculum. Each page is linked to a specific expectation in the Ontario curriculum, which is indicated at the bottom of each page for easy teacher reference.

Worksheets: Students will enjoy completing a scaffolded workbook that teaches important personal narrative writing skills, like identifying topic, purpose, time-order words, audience, and elements of a personal narrative. Students will complete a structured culminating task titled "My School Memories" which guides them through writing about a personal experience.

Slides: Slides are included to help you introduce each concept to students. Slides also include interactive components where students type their answers directly on the slide.

This UNIT includes:

• 4-page Unit Plan for teacher (With 20 days of lessons, expectations, learning goal/success criteria, suggested accommodations, and assessment strategies)
• 57-page Personal Narrative Writing Worksheets
• "My School Memories" Culminating Task
• 60 Slides for Google Slides™

Table of Contents:

1. Table of Contents
2. Title Page: All About Personal Narratives
3. Personal Narratives
4. Comparing Writing
5. Narrative Writing Purpose
6. Personal Narrative Purpose
7. What is a Topic?
8. Who is the Audience?
9. What is Point of View?
10. Point of View Practice
11. Setting
12. Setting
13. Narrative Writing Example
14. Narrative Writing Example
15. Why Tell Personal Narratives?
16. Personal Narrative Terms
17. Personal Narrative Terms
18. Time Order Words
19. Time Order Words Practice
20. Time Order Words Practice
21. Time Order Words Practice
22. Time Order Words Practice
23. Chronological Order
24. Chronological Order
25. Internal Information
26. Sensory Information
27. Practice: My Food Experience
28. Practice: The Best Gift
29. Practice: Being Kind
30. Thinking About Writing
31. 3-2-1 Chart
32. Personal Narrative Vocabulary
33. Title Page: My School Memories
34. Brainstorming Ideas
35. Sorting Ideas
36. My School Memories
37. Setting
38. A Story About Me
39. Planning My Narrative
40. All About Me
41. My School Memory (Draft)
42. My School Memory (Draft 2)
43. Preparing for Revision
44. Preparing for Revision
45. Proofreading
46. Peer Review: Narrative
47. My School Memory
48. My School Memory (Page 2)
49. Reflection
50. Two Stars and a Wish
51. Narrative Writing Rubric

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