NY Next Generation ELA 6W3

6W3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 6W3.a

  Engage the reader by introducing a narrator and/or characters.

• 6W3.b

  Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

• 6W3.c

  Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

• 6W3.d

  Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

• 6W3.e

  Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students write real or imagined narratives using dialogue and description, clear sequence and varied transitions, precise sensory details, and a fitting conclusion. They introduce a narrator or characters, signal shifts in time or setting, and conclude by reflecting on what was experienced, observed, or resolved.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

The student introduces a narrator or characters, develops experiences and events with dialogue and description, and sequences them clearly with transitions. Precise sensory details and a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrative create a coherent experience.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may list events without narrative development. They may add dialogue or sensory details decoratively, shift time without signals, or end abruptly.

04

How to Assess It

Give a narrative situation and turning point. Ask students to introduce a narrator or characters and draft a sequenced scene with dialogue or description, transitions, precise sensory details, and a fitting reflective conclusion.

1. 01

   Plan narrator, characters, events, techniques, transitions, details, and ending on narrative cards.

2. 02

   Ask students which moment deserves expansion and why.

3. 03

   Play Narrative Technique Revision with flat scenes.

4. 04

   Write a narrative based on a real or imagined community event.

• 7W3

  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details and clear sequencing.

• 5W3

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

• 3W3

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

• 8W3

  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details and clear sequencing.