Narrative Beginnings
Grade 3 - Writing - Building Confidence
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Which Grade 3 opening sets up Harper at the museum storage room?
- After that, she copied the fossil names neatly.
- Museums are places.
- Harper balanced a tray of fossil labels in the quiet museum storage room.
- Harper enjoyed looking at fossils.
Which beginning gives both the character and setting for Harper's story?
- After that, she copied the fossil names neatly.
- Harper balanced a tray of fossil labels in the quiet museum storage room.
- Something surprising happened.
- Museums are places.
Use this Grade 3 story plan: Malik is at a town hall meeting and realizes his note cards are out of order. Which opening makes the problem clear right away?
- Malik finished his comments and sat down smiling.
- Malik was there.
- Malik looked down and saw that his note cards had slipped into the wrong order.
- Malik had practiced his speech after school.
Which first sentence creates a hook for Malik's narrative?
- Malik was there.
- Next, the council member asked him to speak louder.
- Malik finished his comments and sat down smiling.
- Malik's first note card said 'thank you,' but he had not given his reasons yet.
This Grade 3 story starts too late: "Then Harper taped the label beside the fossil case." Which setup sentence should come before it?
- Harper enjoyed looking at fossils.
- Harper used a ruler to pull the missing label from behind the shelf.
- Museums are places.
- After that, she copied the fossil names neatly.