🦖 A Dinosaur Discovers Humans

Narrative Writing - Week 1

5.W.3 6.W.3 Narrative

🏆 Complete this writing piece to earn 3 coins!

✏️ The Prompt

Write a story about a day in the life of a dinosaur who discovers humans. What does the dinosaur think? What does it do?

Aim for 1-2 paragraphs. Have fun!

🧠 Graphic Organizer - Story Web

Map Your Story

Character

Setting

Problem

Action

Ending

Feeling

📝 Word Bank

ancient enormous stomped curious discovered roared mysterious gigantic

💡 Sentence Starters

Long before humans built cities, there lived a dinosaur named...

One morning, the dinosaur woke up and smelled something strange...

The dinosaur had never seen a creature so small and noisy before...

By the end of the day, the dinosaur realized that...

📝 Your Story

⭐ Rubric

Criteria	3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐	2 Stars ⭐⭐	1 Star ⭐
Ideas	Creative story with clear characters and events	Story makes sense but lacks detail	Hard to follow or too short
Organization	Beginning, middle, and end are clear	Most parts are in order	Jumps around or missing parts
Voice	Fun to read - sounds like you!	Some personality shows	Feels flat or boring

✅ Self-Check

I named my dinosaur character. I described the setting (where/when). Something happens in the middle. I have an ending. I used at least 2 words from the word bank. I read it out loud to check it sounds right.