Summer Vacation Writing Narrative Guide — Seasonal ELA Story — CCSS Rubric

Wouldn't your students love to write about their summer plans? This no-prep, step-by-step summer vacation narrative writing guide will let students research potential summer plans while simultaneously practicing their creative narrative writing skills!

Our series of narrative writing guides are designed to shepherd the writing process from “planning to polished” by letting students’ imagination jump-start their writing and not vice versa. Unique from most creative writing units, our summer vacation narrative guide begins by asking students to make simple and fun decisions about the key elements of their story before having to lift a pen or open a word processor!

A “10-second sub plan” (print and drop on your desk!) or the basis of a week-long writing unit (perfect for the year's final narrative assessment!), your purchase includes:

• A narrative map template that assists students on selecting their summer vacation narrative's location, foil character, conflict, and personal theme (almost no writing required!)
• A research chart so students can plan their summer vacation and gather background for their narrative (great for family trip planning assistance!)
• A narrative outline activity, where students can take their map’s visual guidelines and begin the narrative drafting process
• A summer vacation narrative writing assignment sheet that includes descriptions of famous summer stories, a due date calendar, general narrative writing tips, a peer edit checklist, and standards-based grading rubric tied to FOUR Common Core standards
• A link to an editable rubric that allows for grading customization and seamless integration into Google Classroom and many other Learning Management Systems (LMS's)
• All 4-pages of this lesson are provided in full color and B&W

EASEL BY TpT RESOURCE:

Student assignments for this resource are available as EASEL by TpT activities, which create a seamless link between our content and your learning management system (LMS). Additionally, all of our EASEL activities are immediately ready for student use; no prep work  is required on your end! Simply grab the link and go. NOTE: to access other resource files for this product (presentations, rubrics, Google Forms, answer keys, terms of use, or teacher notes) be sure to also download the product PDF.

NARRATIVE GUIDES:

Action-Adventure (FREE) : Back to School : Common Core Essay Rubrics Bundle : Christmas : Create Your Own Superhero Project : Fantasy : Father’s Day : Grandparents Day : Halloween : Mystery : Mother’s Day : Realistic Fiction : Siblings Day : Spring Break : Science Fiction : Summer Vacation : Thanksgiving : Tragedy : Valentine’s Day : Family Narrative Guide Bundle : 6-Genre Narrative Guides Bundle : 7-Seasonal Narrative Guides : Complete Narrative Guide Bundle

LESSONS AND UNITS:

A Christmas Carol Complete Unit Bundle : Choice Reading Unit : Common Core Essay Rubrics Bundle : Create Your Own Superhero Project : Daily Writing Prompts Bundle : Experiential Learning Projects Bundle : Family Narrative Bundle : Great Expectations Complete Unit Bundle : Growth Mindset Writing Prompts : Latin Vocabulary Bundle : Literary Devices: Creative Writing Prompts (FREE) : Literary Devices: Creative Writing Worksheets (FREE) : Literary Terms Units Bundle : Mystery Writing Workshop : Narrative Mapping: 6-Genre Creative Writing Bundle : Research Guide: 50 Topics Bundle : Research Unit Bundle : SAT Words of the Day Bundle : Seasonal Narrative Mapping: 7-Holiday Creative Writing Bundle : Song Lessons: Analyzing Literary Devices Through Pop Music : Theme Essay Workshop : To Kill a Mockingbird Complete Unit Bundle : Tragedy Writing Workshop : Writing Literary Analysis Bundle

FILE FORMAT:

All The Language of Educational Art narrative guides are provided as print-ready, bookmarked, and adjustable PDF files. All of my resources can accommodate many digital delivery strategies. Please contact me if different file types or page edits are desired. I can accommodate most requests within 24 hours.

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