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    Story Writing Taking Over

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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 45 mins - 1 hour

    Topic: Narrative Writing

    Grade Level: 4, 5, 6

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will practice planning and writing narratives by creating a comic.

    Know Before You Start: This lesson can serve as a review or introduction to writing narratives.

    Hook:

    • Read an age-appropriate short story or picture book to students. Discuss what happened at the beginning, middle, and end.

    • Next, have students discuss their favorite age-appropriate movies or books. What happened at the beginning, middle, and end?

    • Discuss the following elements found in most narratives:

      • Beginning: Characters and conflict are introduced.

      • Middle: The conflict progresses.

      • End: The conflict is resolved.

    Activity:

    • Have students create a three-panel narrative comic.
      • Panel 1:  Introduce the characters and a conflict, or problem.
      • Panel 2: The conflict becomes worse.
      • Panel 3: The conflict is resolved.

    Closure:

    • Display student comics in the classroom or online.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.

    • Provide a printed sample comic for student reference.

    • Allow students to use a Story Starter.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

    Suggested Content Packs:

    Suggested Story Starters:

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