First Grade Narrative Writing - The Art of Story Telling
In this 8-week online course students will learn and practice the components of narrative writing. Each week they will build on to their writing to create a detailed narrative writing that includes a developed character and setting.
What's included
16 live meetings
8 in-class hoursMastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. Feedback on writing samplesProgress Report
After the completion of the checkpoint, parents will receive a progress report of how their child is performing so far.Certificate of Completion
1 after class completionClass Experience
US Grade 1 - 2
Beginner Level
In this course, students will learn how to write a first-grade narrative piece complete with characters, setting, events, problem, solution, and the moral (lesson). Each week a new building component of narrative writing will be introduced, identified, and practiced. Your child will engage in educational writing games and writing each week. I will model the skill, practice it with them, and then give them an opportunity to practice it independently.
Learning Goals
Start a story with a beginning that introduces the characters and setting.Include details to describe the characters, setting, and events in the story.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)16 Lessons
over 8 WeeksLesson 1:
Can you write a story?
In today's lesson, you will show what you know about narrative writing. You will write a real or imagined story that includes characters, setting, problem and solution. After we've completed our course, we will look back at this writing to see what we've learned. 30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
What is Narrative Writing?
In today's lesson we will learn and identify the components of narrative writing. We will learn what a rubric is and view our narrative writing rubric. We will play a game to test our knowledge of the components of narrative writing. 30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Inside Out Characters
In today's lesson we will reference the characters of Inside Out to learn about physical and character traits of characters. We will then create our own characters using adjectives (physical traits) and character traits (personality traits). 30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Introduce Your Character
In today's lesson, we will practice writing to introduce a character. I will model for you first, we will write a character introduction together, and then you will practice writing your own character introduction. 30 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Please be advised that we will reference folk tales and fairy tales during this course. Please let me know at the beginning of the course if there happens to be a folktale that you would not like your child to experience. The story is selected base on the makeup of the class but will be provided at lease a week before the session takes place.
Supply List
Optional: A Primary Composition Writing Notebook, preferably with a drawing space at the top. A PDF of primary writing paper will be available upon request.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined November, 2024
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have been teaching first grade curriculum for 9 years and extremely passionate about inspiring and teaching young writers. I also have recently completed a Science of Reading Course.Reviews
Live Group Course
$10
weekly or $80 for 16 classes2x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-9
2-6 learners per class
Financial Assistance
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