Using Temporal Words to Show When Events Happen

Bringing Narrative Scenes to Life: Dialogue, Description, and Transitions

4th Grade·ELA·CCSS

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Use temporal words like 'before,' 'after,' and 'during' to signal when events occur.

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Bringing Narrative Scenes to Life: Dialogue, Description, and Transitions

4th Grade · ELA · CCSS

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Learners will enrich narrative scenes with dialogue, sensory description, temporal and transitional phrases, and concrete language, then plan and draft a complete narrative piece.

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W.4.3.cCommon Core State Standards · Ela · 4th Grade

Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

Open Global Standard:OGE.5.W.4

OGE.5.W.4