A narrative writing checklist for grade 6 helps students ensure their stories have essential elements for clear and engaging storytelling.
- Story Structure
- Clear beginning, middle, and end
- Engaging introduction
- Develops a clear conflict
- Climax that resolves conflict
- Satisfying conclusion
- Characters
- Main character introduction
- Character development
- Supporting characters
- Dialogue that reveals character traits
- Consistent character behavior
- Setting
- Descriptive details
- Time period establishment
- Consistent setting
- Setting impacts the story
- Sensory details
- Plot Development
- Logical sequence of events
- Rising action
- Plot twists
- Foreshadowing
- Pacing appropriate to narrative
- Writing Technique
- Vivid descriptions
- Varied sentence structure
- Correct grammar and punctuation
- Strong verbs and adjectives
- Active voice usage