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Amusement Park Unit | Lesson 3 of 5
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Amusement Park Unit | Lesson 3 of 5
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DISCUSS:
How do you think this girl is feeling her way to school?
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DISCUSS:
As a writer, which word or phrase would you use to show that Eli is excited when
he goes up the stairs? Try lots of words!
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Get your supplies.
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Get your Transition Phrases worksheet. Find number 1. Using the
words on your worksheet, write a few sentences describing what
happens in this video. Try to use more than one transition phrase.
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Get your highlighter. Highlight all the transition phrases you wrote.
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Find number 2. Using your transition phrases, write a few sentences
describing what happens in this video. Highlight any transition
phrases you used.
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Nice job using those transition words! In a moment, you’ll use them in
your story. For now, get these supplies.
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Quietly review your Story Arc and Story Beginning worksheets to
remind yourself of your story plan and what you’ve written so far.
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Get your Story Middle worksheet. From your Story Arc worksheet,
copy what you wrote for the obstacle into this box. Then you can
put your Story Arc and Story Beginning worksheets to the side.
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Think about how your character might feel when they encounter the
obstacle. Write your character’s feeling here. You can use one of
these ideas or come up with your own.
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Write the part of your story where your character comes across
the obstacle. You can use fast and slow transition phrases to help
show how your character is feeling. Start writing at the arrow.
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Get your highlighter. Highlight all the transition phrases you wrote.
If you want, you can add more with a caret, like this. Or change parts
of your story, like this.
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Look back through your writing. If you want to describe how your
character does something with feeling, you can add one of these
words. When you add one, highlight it.
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If you need a natural stopping point!

Teachers: This is a natural stopping point. The next steps will guide students to write about how their character overcomes the obstacle. If you stop here, be sure to put all the VIPs somewhere safe!

If you’re continuing right now, go to the next slide.

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Get your Story Arc worksheet. Copy how your character overcomes
the obstacle into this box on your Story Middle worksheet. Below,
plan how your character will feel when they overcome the obstacle.
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Continue writing where you left off. Remember to use your
transition phrases to show how quickly or slowly things happen in
your story. Each time you use one, highlight it.
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In the next lesson, you’ll write the end of your story. Remember to
put your VIPs somewhere safe, and I’ll see you next time.
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Grade 4

Narrative

Transition Words & Phrases

W.4.3A, W.4.3C

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Students will...

Print Prep
  • write the middle of their story where the character encounters and then overcomes the obstacle.

  • use transition words and phrases to tell the story in order.

  • use transition phrases to adjust the speed of events in the story.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-2 of this unit.
Number of students:
Amusement Park Story Middle worksheet 30 copies
Transition Phrases worksheet 30 copies
Story Arc from previous lesson
30
Story Beginning from previous lesson
30

OPTIONAL SUPPLIES

Word Bank from previous lesson
30
Prep Instructions
  • Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

  • This lesson is separated into two parts and can be taught in two different sessions if needed. A natural stopping point is included after students write about how their character encounters the obstacle, but before they write about how the character overcomes the obstacle.

Introduction

10 mins

Writing Activity

40 mins

Grade 4

Narrative

Transition Words & Phrases

W.4.3A, W.4.3C

8 reviews

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Reading

Activity

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