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Common: Effective Writing for All Students

Co llection of All Narrative Samples, K--12

by The Vermont Writing Collaborative, with Student Achievement Partners, and CCSSO

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Contents

Document Overview ................................................................................................... 3 Brief User Guide for On--Demand Narrative Writing. .................................................... 4 K--5 On--Demand Narrative Samples . ............................................................................ 6 6--12 On--Demand Narrative Samples ..........................................................................4 5 Brief User Guide for Range of Writing Narrative Writing ............................................8 0 K--5 Range of Writing Narrative Samples . ....................................................................8 2 6--12 Range of Writing Narrative Samples . ................................................................1 49

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Document Overview

Common Core State Writing Standard 3: Narrative Writing

The third Common Core State Writing Standard calls for students to "write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well--chosen details and well--structured event sequences."

The following collection of student work offers a series of samples illustrating what effective narrative

writing might look like at each grade level.

The first section of the document is comprised of "On Demand" writing. This section contains pieces written in response to a uniform text--based prompt. The second section is made up of "Range of Writing" samples. These pieces provide examples of student writing for "a range of discipline--specific tasks, purposes, and audiences" over both extended and shorter time frames.

Each piece in the collection is annotated using the language of the Common Core State Standards for a particular grade level and writing type.

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Brief User Guide for On--Demand

Narrative Writing

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Brief User Guide for On--Demand Narrative Writing

The pieces in this On--Demand section represent one of the three types of writing named in the

Common Core State Standards for Writing: narrative writing. Students at all grade levels were given a

stimulus and a writing prompt. Students at kindergarten through grade five were asked to write a narrative

about a painting of three dogs and a cat.

At grades six through twelve, students were given a text about the

Dust Bowl, and several accompanying photographs, and were asked to write a narrative growing out of some

aspect of the Dust Bowl experience.

All writing was done on their own, without input from peers or teachers.

The prompts and the individual pieces based on them are arranged in grade order. Each piece has a

file number for easy identification. Every piece of writing includes two versions that have been transcribed

exactly as written by the student ? one annotated with the language of the Common Core Standards, and

one un--annotated for a variety of uses. In addition, pieces in the K--5 collection have a third version as well;

this version has been revised and edited for major errors in conventions and can be used as a model for

students.

Kindergarten pieces also include PDF's of original student work, including student writing and

drawing.

This is because kindergarten students may use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to

satisfy the Standards.

Suggestions on how to use these pieces are available at the end of the introductory document,

"Using the In Common Resource."

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