This Grade 3 Story Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and an engaging culminating task - to get your students excited about story 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 story writing skills, like identifying topic, purpose, form, audience, and elements of stories. Students will complete a structured culminating task that guides them through writing a familiar story from a different character’s perspective.
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 Story Writing Worksheets
- "Writing a Story" Culminating Task
- 75 Slides for Google Slides™
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents
- Title Page: All About Stories
- Why Write Stories?
- What is Purpose?
- What is Purpose?
- What is Purpose?
- What is a Topic?
- What is an Audience?
- What is an Audience?
- What is an Audience?
- What is Form?
- What is Form?
- What is Point of View?
- Point of View Practice
- What is Point of View
- Story Elements
- Story Elements
- Story Elements
- Setting
- Setting
- Setting
- Characters
- My Own Character
- Plot
- Problem
- Problem
- Solution
- Story Elements Matching
- A Story About Me
- A Story About Me (page 2)
- Thinking About Writing
- Thinking About Writing
- 3-2-1 Chart
- Story Writing Vocabulary
- Title Page: Writing a Story
- Robin Bird Loves Spring (Story)
- Robin Bird Loves Spring
- Robin Bird Loves Spring
- Developing Ideas
- Developing Ideas
- Classifying Ideas
- Reviewing a Story
- Organizing Ideas: Characters
- Organizing Ideas: Characters
- Organizing Ideas: Point of View
- Organizing Ideas: Setting
- Organizing Ideas: Plot
- Organizing Ideas: Plot
- My Story (Draft)
- My Story (Draft Page 2)
- Preparing for Revision
- Preparing for Revision
- Proofreading a Story
- Two Stars and a Wish
- My Story
- My Story (Page 2)
- Story Writing Rubric