The Empowering Writers approach to narrative writing provides a framework for instruction that is consistent across and between grade levels in regard to specific writing skills, common vocabulary, and learning outcomes.

1. Effective methodology for whole class instruction
2. Powerful connection to reading and writing
3. Detailed lesson plans with clear objectives
4. Annotated student samples
5. Student writing activities
6. Scope and sequence that ensures consistency, assured experiences and a common language across and between grade levels
   

Empowering Writers' Narrative Comprehensive Guide is a teacher friendly resource that provides all the tools teacher need to succeed teaching narrative writing.  Inside this 400+ page resource, teachers will find the tools and strategies to successfully teach the following skills:

• organization – understand the shape that a narrative story takes as well as the salient characteristics of this kind of writing
  

• crafting entertaining beginnings - to grab the reader’s attention and introduce the reader to the story world; and recognize the specific strategies and techniques authors use to accomplish this.   

• elaborative detail – involves so much more than assigning adjectives to nouns! Know why authors elaborate (to allow the reader to experience story critical characters, settings, and objects through the five senses of the main character.), where elaboration is appropriate, and how to create it.  

• suspense – story tension is what keeps the reader reading.  Young authors must understand the need for suspense/tension and some specific techniques for building this into their plots.
  

• fully elaborated main events – every short story has a single significant main event – what the story is really all about.  This main event needs to be told through a mix of action, description, dialogue, thoughts and feelings.  It needs to be stretched out to reflect its relative importance to the story. 
  

• satisfying extended story endings – after the main event concludes the author needs to  allow the main character to reflect on memories, feelings, hopes, wishes, and decisions brought about  by the main event.

Click here for Complimentary Lessons from the Comprehensive Narrative Guide

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Additional resources for Narrative Writing

Editing and Revising (Grammar and Mechanics) Sets

This invaluable resource covers a wide range of written communication skills that affect the fluency of a piece of writing. These include: grammar and mechanics, revising and editing skills.  more details

Narrative Assessment Sets