3rd Grade NMASSA Writing Prompt

Now read the writing task and draft a response. As you write, think about what makes your writing the best it can be. My Best Writing Stays on topic and pays attention to all parts of the writing task Includes details and examples to support ideas Is clearly organized Makes word choices that are well suited to the task Uses simple, compound, and complex sentences with correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

Writing Task

You have read a story about students reading a school newsletter. You have also read a page from that newsletter. The newsletter lists many exciting school events. Pick one of these events or another event that might happen at a school. Write a story to share with your class. Tell about a real or imaginary time when you or someone else went to a school event. Use ideas from what you have read, along with your own ideas, to write your story.

Today you will be writing a narrative. When you write a narrative, you

• tell about real or imaginary events.

• think about the characters you want to introduce.

• put events in an order that makes sense.

• use details and dialogue to make the events and characters interesting.

• think about how your story can affect the feelings of your reader.

After you have read the passages, and before you begin writing, think about

• who your narrative will be about.

• what events you want your narrative to include.

• when and where the events in your narrative happen.

• why the people in your narrative think and act as they do.

Now write your response in the space provided.