Narrative Writing Checklist: Grade 4 - Empowering Education

Writing Structure & Organization

Development & Elaboration of Ideas

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Narrative Writing Checklist: Grade 4

I write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

How is my Narrative writing? Did I write like a fourth grader?

YES NO

Introduction

I wrote an engaging beginning and established a setting or situation for my story (where, when, mood). It is easy to tell who is telling the story (point of view).

Organization

Transitions Conclusion

I introduced the characters and described them. I wrote my story with actions and events that happen in natural order.

I separated what happened first from what happened later (and finally) in my story. I used a variety of interesting transition words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. I wrote a conclusion that made sense and followed the experiences and events in my story.

Elaboration

I wrote my story in such a way that readers could picture the actions, thoughts, I

and feelings of my characters.

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I used dialogue to help readers know what my characters were thinking and feeling.

I used details and descriptions to develop the experiences and events in my story.

I showed how my characters responded to situations.

Task Focus Vocabulary

I included precise words, phrases, and sensory details to bring life to my story. I used figurative language. My whole piece stays focused on my task or prompt.

I used strong words and phrases correctly to bring my writing to life.

Grammar I used complete sentences.

Punctuation Before I wrote my final draft I checked to make sure I used punctuation correctly (capitalization, commas, quotations, etc.)

Spelling

Before I wrote my final draft I checked to make sure all my words were spelled

correctly or I used resources to help me spell words I wasn't sure about.

Sentence Fluency

I vary the length of my sentences and I used different kinds of sentences to make my writing interesting.

I started my sentences in different ways.

Language Conventions & Word Choice

Language

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