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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 1
Criteria of a Strong Narrative Note-catcher

Name:
Date:
Why is Lon Po Po a story that people want to read?

Why is it a strong narrative?
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Narrative Writing Rubric

Name:
Date:
Criteria
Meets
Partially Meets
Does Not Meet
I can create a wolf

character using facts
and details from my
research. (W3.2b,
W.3.3a)
I have used at least

two facts and details
from my research to
create my wolf
character.
I have used one fact or

detail from my research
to create my wolf
character.
I have not used any

facts or details from
my research to create
my wolf character.
I can use dialogue and

descriptions to show the
actions, thoughts, and
feelings of my
characters. (W.3.3b)
I strategically use
dialogue and
descriptions to show
what a character is
feeling and thinking,
and how they
interact with others.
I use dialogue and

descriptions to show
what a character is
feeling and thinking,
and how they interact
with others.
I use little or no
dialogue and
description in my
narrative.
Ideas

Criteria
Meets
Partially Meets
Does Not Meet
Word Choice
I can use temporal
words and phrases to
show the sequence of
events in my narrative.
(W.3.3c)
I include at least
three temporal words
or phrases to show
the sequence of
events in my
narrative.
I include two temporal

words or phrases to
show the sequence of
events in my narrative.
I include one or no
temporal words or
phrases to show the
sequence of events in
my narrative.
I can organize events in

an order that makes
sense in my narrative.
(W.3.3a)
The events of my
narrative unfold in a
logical order that
makes sense to the
reader.
The events of my
narrative are in an
order that mostly
makes sense, but can
sometimes be confusing
to the reader.
The events of my
narrative are not in a
logical order and do
not make sense to the
reader.
I can write a beginning

that introduces the
characters, setting, and
events of my narrative.
(W.3.3a)
The beginning of my
narrative clearly
introduces the
characters, setting,
and events.
The beginning of my
narrative introduces
either the characters,
setting, or events.
The beginning of my
narrative does not
introduce the
characters, setting, or
events.
I can write an ending

that brings the
narrative to a close.
(W.3.3d)
The ending of my
narrative brings it to
a clear close.
The ending of my
narrative brings it to
some sort of close.
The ending of my
narrative does not
bring it to a close. It
leaves the reader
hanging.
Organization
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Criteria
Meets
Partially Meets
Does Not Meet
I can use adjectives to

describe nouns. (L.3.1g)
I can use adverbs to
describe actions.
(L.3.1g)
My narrative
contains well-chosen
adjectives and
adverbs to describe
nouns and actions.
My narrative contains
some adjectives or
adverbs to describe
nouns or actions.
My narrative does not

contain adjectives or
adverbs.
I can write simple,

complex, and
compound sentences.
(L.3.1i)
I have used simple,

complex, and
compound sentences
in my narrative.
I have used simple and

complex or compound
sentences in my
narrative.
I have only used

simple sentences in my
narrative.
Conventions
Wolf Character Profile Graphic Organizer: Part 1

Name:
Date:
Problem faced by real

wolves?
A metal trap set by humans to catch small animals like rabbits and
squirrels, which is what Little Foot gets caught in
Wolf Name?
Male or Female?
Age?
(old or young)
Status in the Pack?
(alpha/omega/pup/none)
APPEARANCE
How does your wolf look? Does it have any
distinct characteristics?
PICTURE OF MY WOLF
Label your picture to show the distinct
characteristics
Wolf Character Profile Graphic Organizer: Part 2
Name:
Date:
CHARACTER TRAITS?
(personality, behaviors, and actions)
What kind of character traits does it have?
How does it behave? What does it do?
STRENGTHS, SPECIAL ABILITIES, OR

WEAKNESSES?
What is your wolf particularly good or bad
at? Why?
The Wolf Pack

Name:
Date:
How many wolves in

the pack?
Names of important
wolves in the pack?
What are they like?
Any distinguishing
features? Particular
strengths or
weaknesses?
1.
2.
3.
Narrative Sequencing Strips
Every day a poor shepherd sent his son to take the sheep out to the pasture.
The shepherd told his son to shout loudly if he saw a wolf.
Day after day, the shepherds boy sat alone in the meadow. He became bored so he wished a
wolf would come to make things more exciting.
The boy had an idea. He jumped to his feet shouting, Wolf! Wolf as loudly as he could.
The shepherd, the farmer, the milkmaid, and the baker all came running.
When they reached the meadow, they found the shepherds boy laughing at their effort.
Theres not really a wolf here, he said.
The shepherd, farmer, milkmaid, and baker were angry with the shepherds boy.
The shepherds boy promised never to do it again.
Narrative Sequencing Strips
A few days later, the shepherds boy did the same thing again when he was out in the
pasture with the sheep.
Once again, the people from the town came running.
When they saw there was no wolf again, they were angry.
The shepherds boy told the townspeople that there really was a wolf, but they had scared it
away when they came running.
The next day when the shepherds boy took the sheep to the pasture, he saw a wolf lurking
in the trees. He cried, Wolf! Wolf! but no one came.
The wolf growled and came closer. The boy continued to shout, but no one came running.
The wolf took one of the sheep.
Narrative Elements Graphic Organizer

What is the setting of the narrative?
Who is the main character in the narrative?
What is the problem?
Events:
1.
2.
3.
What is the solution?
Dialogue Examples
Example 1:
Leaving Bright Eyes to look after the pups, the pack headed out to hunt. After running for a mile or
more, Lightning spotted a couple of deer in a clearing in the trees. He stopped the pack and they made
a plan. Lightning and Black Ears would distract the deer, causing them to run toward Little Foot and
the twins, who would be hiding out in the trees until one of the deer was close enough to catch. While
Little Foot would help, as the older, more experienced hunters, the twins would do most of the work.
Example 2:
Leaving Bright Eyes to look after the pups, the pack headed out to hunt. After running through the
forest for a mile or more, Lightning spotted a couple of deer in a clearing. He stopped the pack and
they made a plan. Lightning said, Black Ears and I will distract the deer, causing them to run toward
the rest of you, who will be hiding out in the trees. Twins, as the deer come close, take one of them
down from either side.
Lightning didnt mention Little Foots role in the plan, so Little Foot asked timidly, What about
me, Lightning? What am I going to do?
Lightning frowned before replying, You will hide out in the trees until the twins have brought one
of the deer to the ground, at which point you will help finish the job.
OK. Little Foot was disappointed. Once again, he would be out of the game until the last minute.
His small feet made him a very fast and quiet runner, but his lack of experience meant that the older
wolves didnt trust him enough yet.
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Dialogue Examples
Example 3:
Leaving Bright Eyes to look after the pups, the pack headed out to hunt. After running through the
forest for a mile or more, Lightning spotted a couple of deer in a clearing. He stopped the pack and
they made a plan. Black Ears said, What are we going to do, Lightning?
Black Ears and I will distract the deer, causing them to run toward the rest of you, who will be
hiding out in the trees. Twins, as the deer come close, take one of them down from either side.
You can count on us, said the twins in unison. We wont let you down.
I know you wont; I trust you both. You always work hard for our pack and help us to get food,
replied Lightning.
Lightning didnt mention Little Foots role in the plan, so Little Foot asked timidly, What about
me, Lightning? What am I going to do?
Lightning frowned before replying, You will hide out in the trees until the twins have brought one
of the deer to the ground, at which point you will help finish the job.
OK. Little Foot was disappointed. Once again, he would be out of the game until the last minute.
His small feet made him a very fast and quiet runner, but his lack of experience meant that the older
wolves didnt trust him enough yet.
Its OK, Little Foot, said Black Ears. Your time will come.
Wolf Narrative Excerpt for Dialogue

Name:
Date:
Excerpt:
The pack had been searching for hours. Just as they were about to give up and head back to the
rendezvous site, one of the twins caught Little Foots scent on the air. He howled for the rest of the
pack who immediately raced to join him.
Little Foot heard the pack and replied, Im here. Im here. Im next to the clearing where we saw
the deer.
The pack soon found him and Little Foot smiled at them weakly. Black Ears licked his nose
affectionately.
Directions: Rewrite this paragraph with dialogue to emphasize how the wolves felt about finding
Little Foot and how Little Foot felt about being found.
Dialogue Homework
Name:
Date:
Directions: Look carefully at each of the examples to spot the dialogue mistakes. Rewrite each
example correctly underneath.
Use the following criteria to improve these examples of dialogue:
Not too much dialogue or the narrative becomes too confusing.
The text usually sets up that someone is going to talk; for example: Lightning said,
The speech is in quotation marks; for example: Black Ears and I will distract the deer,
causing them to run toward the rest of you, who will be hiding out in the trees. Twins, as
the deer come close, take one of them down from either side.
There is a comma before the quotations marks; for example: Lightning said, Black ears
and I
Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks; for example: What about me, Lightning?
What am I going to do?
Dialogue said by a new character is written on a new line; for example:
Lightning frowned before replying, You will hide out in the trees until the twins have
brought one of the deer to the ground, at which point you will help to finish the job.
OK. Little Foot was disappointed.
1. Lightning, the leader of the pack, affectionately licked Black Ears nose and solemnly addressed
the rest of the pack Today my friends we need to catch something big like a deer or a bison. We
havent had a good meal for a couple of days now and the pups are getting hungry.
Dialogue Homework
2. Lightning frowned before replying, You will hide out in the trees until the twins have brought one
of the deer to the ground, at which point you will help finish the job. OK. Little Foot was
disappointed.
3. Black Ears was the first to notice. Where is Little Foot? she asked. They all stopped eating to look
around. I havent seen him since we split up around the clearing. Has anyone else? Lightning
asked. But none of the wolves had.
Criteria of Strong Illustrations Note-catcher

Name:
Date:
Why are the illustrations in Lon Po Po appealing?

How do they add meaning to the narrative?
What do we understand from the illustrations that we might not understand
from just reading the words?
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Illustration Planning Graphic Organizer

Name:
Date:
Introduction (setting and/or

main character)
Problem (main event)
Solution (end of the

narrative)

Mid-Unit Assessment:
Revising Wolf Narrative Plans
Long-Term Targets Addressed (Based on NYSP12 ELA CCLS)

With support from peers and adults, I can use the writing process to plan, revise, and edit my writing. (W.3.5)
Supporting Learning Target
Ongoing Assessment
I can use teacher feedback to revise my Wolf Narrative plan.
Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Revising Wolf Narrative Plans
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Mid-Unit 3 Assessment:
Revising Wolf Narrative Plans
Long-Term Learning Targets Assessed:
With support from peers and adults, I can use the writing process to plan, revise, and edit my
writing (W.3.5)
Directions:
In Lesson 5 you planned the setting, main character, problem, events leading up to the problem, and
the solution for your Wolf Narrative on a Narrative Elements graphic organizer.
In this lesson you will receive feedback on your plan from the teacher and use that feedback to revise
your Wolf Narrative plan to make it better. Use the clean organizer below to revise your plan.
1. Use the feedback to revise your plan on the new organizer.

2. Highlight the things that are different about this plan.
3. When you have finished, check that the illustrations you planned in the previous lesson still work
for your new plan.
4. If not, use the new Illustration Planning graphic organizer to revise your illustration plans.
5. If your illustration plans work for the new plan, read your independent reading book
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Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Rubric
Criteria
Meets
Partially Meets
Does Not Meet
With support from

peers and adults, I can
use the writing process
to plan, revise, and edit
my writing (W.3.5)
The student has

clearly revised the
plan based on the
feedback given.
The student has made

some revisions based
on feedback given, but
some of the feedback
has been ignored.
The student has not

used the feedback at all
to revise the plan.
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Wolf Narrative Plan for Little Foot and the Trap

What is the setting of the narrative?
The North Woods of Minnesota
Who is the main character in the narrative?

Little Foota young wolf with particularly small feet that can run fast
What is the problem?
Little Foot gets his foot caught in a trap.

Events:
1. The pack goes out to hunt.
2. They see some deer.
3. As Little Foot goes to pounce on the deer, he gets his foot caught in a trap.
What is the solution?
The trap is rusty and Little Foot manages to pull himself free. The pack finds him and helps him
back to the rendezvous site.
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Giving Feedback: Questions to Consider

Directions:
1. Number yourselves Author 1 and Author 2.
2. Author 1 reads his or her narrative to Author 2.
3. Author 2 listens very carefully.
4. Author 2 reads the questions below.
5. Author 2 uses the questions to make just ONE suggestion to help Author 1 make his or her
narrative better. For example, You could add more details about real wolves.
6. Author 2 tells Author 1 the step he or she will take to improve the narrative.
7. Switch roles and repeat.
Questions:
Did the author introduce the main character and setting at the beginning of the story?
Did the author include details about real wolves?
Did the events lead up to the problem?
Was there anything confusing in the sequence of events?
Did the solution solve the problem?
Was there a satisfying ending to the story?
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Wolf Narrative Storyboard

Name:
Date:
Directions: You are going to tell your story in pictures. Draw pictures to tell your story in the large
boxes. In the smaller boxes underneath, write one sentence to describe what is happening in the
picture. You do not have to use all the boxes if you dont need them. The setting, main character,
problem, events leading up to the problem, and the solution should be clear on your storyboard.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
End of Unit 3 Assessment:

Drafting the Wolf Narrative
Long-Term Learning Targets Assessed:
I can craft narrative texts about real or imagined experiences or events. (W.3.3)
a. I can establish a situation.
a. I can introduce the narrator and/or characters of my narrative.
a. I can organize events in an order that makes sense in my narrative.
a. I can use dialogue to show the actions, thoughts, and feelings of my characters.
b. I can use descriptive words to show the actions, thoughts, and feelings of my characters.
c. I can use transitional words and expressions to show passage of time in a narrative text.
d. I can write a conclusion to my narrative.
Directions:
You are now going to use the plans that you have made to write a draft of your Wolf Narrative. You are
only drafting the writing of your narrative; you will add the illustrations to the final version of your
narrative.
When drafting your narrative you will need to refer to:
Criteria of a Strong Narrative anchor chart
Your Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Revising Wolf Narrative plans
Your Character Profile graphic organizers: Parts 1 and 2
Your Wolf Narrative board completed for homework
Face to Face with Wolves by Jim and Judy Brandenburg
Examples of Temporal Words and Phrases

Next
Then
First
Shortly after
After that
Meanwhile
Suddenly
During
Earlier
Eventually
In the end
Finally
From then on
Suddenly
In the meantime
Not a moment too soon
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence Examples

Simple
(One complete thought)
I eat cereal every morning for breakfast.
He ran after the ball.
She drove home from work in the dark.
I am studying for a test.
Compound
(Two or more complete thoughtsthe sentence could be divided into two sentences connected by a
coordinating conjunction: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)
I eat cereal every morning for breakfast and I also drink a glass of milk.
He ran after the ball, but he tripped and fell.
She drove home from work in the dark, so she had to make sure she wore her glasses.
I am studying for a test, so I am unable to go to the movie theater with my friends tonight.
Complex
(One complete thought with another part that depends on itthe sentence cannot be broken into
two sentences. The sentence usually begins with a subordinating conjunction: as, as if, before,
after, because, though, even though, while, when, whenever, if, during, as soon as, as long as,
since, until, unless, where, wherever)
Because I love the taste, I eat cereal every morning for breakfast.
Since he missed when it was thrown to him, he ran after the ball.
Because she finished late, she drove home from work in the dark.
Although I want to go out tonight, I am studying for a test.
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, and Action Note-catcher

Name:
Date:
Learning Targets:
I can use adjectives to describe nouns in my Wolf Narrative.
I can use adverbs to describe actions in my Wolf Narrative.
Adjectives
Nouns
Adverbs
Actions
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NewYorkStateCommonCore

GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 1

Criteria of a Strong Narrative Note-catcher

Why is Lon Po Po a story that people want to read?

NYS Common Core ELA Curriculum G3:M3B:U3:L1 June 2014 9

GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 1

Narrative Writing Rubric

Does Not Meet

I can create a wolf

I have used at least

I have used one fact or

I have not used any

I can use dialogue and

I use dialogue and

NYS Common Core ELA Curriculum G3:M3B:U3:L1 June 2014 11

GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 1

Narrative Writing Rubric

Does Not Meet

I include two temporal

I can organize events in

I can write a beginning

I can write an ending

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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 1

Narrative Writing Rubric

Does Not Meet

I can use adjectives to

My narrative does not

I can write simple,

I have used simple,

I have used simple and

I have only used

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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 2

Wolf Character Profile Graphic Organizer: Part 1

Problem faced by real

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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 3

Wolf Character Profile Graphic Organizer: Part 2

STRENGTHS, SPECIAL ABILITIES, OR

NYS Common Core ELA Curriculum G3:M3B:U3:L3 June 2014 9

GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 3

The Wolf Pack

How many wolves in

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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 4

Narrative Sequencing Strips

The shepherd told his son to shout loudly if he saw a wolf.

The shepherds boy promised never to do it again.

NYS Common Core ELA Curriculum G3:M3B:U3:L4 June 2014 9

GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 4

Narrative Sequencing Strips

Once again, the people from the town came running.

The wolf took one of the sheep.

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GRADE 3: MODULE 3B: UNIT 3: LESSON 4

Narrative Elements Graphic Organizer

Who is the main character in the narrative?

What is the problem?