📚 Part 1: Notice and Build

Reminder: A narrative opening introduces the setting and characters. It can also show what is happening and how the scene feels.

WALT: identify and choose details that help a reader picture a scene.

Success criteria: I can identify where and when a story begins, introduce a character and setting, and describe the atmosphere.

Optional word bank: forest, park, beach, morning, afternoon, crisp, bright, quiet, mysterious, cheerful, nervous, peaceful.

Kernel: Red walked.

Where? Red walked ________________________________________________.

When and how? On ____________________________, Red walked ____________________________.

✏️ Part 2: Combine and Plan

WALT: expand and combine sentences to make an engaging scene.

Success criteria: I can use a conjunction to connect ideas clearly.

a. Red sat beneath the trees. She ate an apple.
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b. The path was slippery. It had been raining.
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c. The wind began to blow. Red held on to her hat.
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Try using: and, because, when, while.

Place: ____________________    Time: ____________________

Character: ____________________________________________________

Two sensory details: I can see/hear/feel/smell/taste ____________________________

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One action: ____________________________________________________

Optional word-bank headings: Where: ______   When: ______   Senses: ______   Movement: ______   Feelings: ______

📝 Part 3: Draft, Check and Reflect

WALT: make deliberate language choices for a narrative reader.

Success criteria: I can write an opening that establishes place, time, character, atmosphere and action.

Include at least two sensory details and one action.

a. What setting and character did your partner identify?

b. What is your strongest detail? Is anything unclear?

The detail I chose to help my reader picture the scene was ________________________________

because ________________________________________________________________.