SALTA 3rd grade

3 rd Grade Writing Performance Task UNIT One: Narrative

Standard: W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or evens using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Establish a situation and introduce narrator and/or character; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. Provide a sense of closure. Prompt: Imagine you are one of the characters from What About Me?, Kumak’s Fish, or My Rows and Piles of Coins. Write a personal narrative about a goal you have accomplished. How is the goal you accomplished similar and different to the ways the characters in the three stories you have read accomplished their goals? Materials : Using graphic organizer (GO) #18, Writing to Sources Book pg. 30-31, Speaking and Listening Rubric, Academic Language Scripts, Grade Level Four Square GO for narrative, and Utah Compose Part I: Re-read and Take Notes (30 minutes) • Follow the directions on page 30 of your Writing to Sources book. • Using graphic organizer (GO) #18 Compare and Contrast from the Pearson Reading Street Teacher’s Online Resources under Digital Transparencies and have students take notes during re-reading. Part II: Write and Collaborate (20-30 minutes) • Write using the blackline on page 31 of your Writing to Sources book, using the GO #18 . • Collaborate with a partner or small group and discuss short responses from page 31 . Use the Academic Language Scripts in your map Build on What Others Say •I agree with what __________ said because.... •You bring up an interesting point and I also think.... •That’s an interesting idea. I wonder...? I think...Do you think....? •I thought about that also and I’m wondering why...? •I hadn’t thought of that before. You make me wonder if.... Do you think...? •_______________ said that.... I agree and also think... •Based on the ideas from _________, __________, and _________, it seems like we all think that... • While students are collaborating, use the Speaking and Listening rubric to assess. • Have students add-on and adjust their thinking by adding to their short response questions. Part III: Writing Prompt (30 minutes) • Using the Narrative Four-Square template organize your thinking based on the prompt. • Using Utah Compose , have students respond to the prompt. Encourage students to refer to the Four-Square template and their notes from the collaboration.

*Some prompts have been adjusted to address DOK 4