🚀 Landing on Mars

Narrative Writing - Week 3

5.W.3 6.W.3 Narrative

🏆 Complete this writing piece to earn 3 coins!

✏️ The Prompt

You are an astronaut landing on Mars for the first time. Describe what you see, hear, and feel. Make us feel like we are there with you!

Aim for 1-2 paragraphs. Use your senses!

🧠 Graphic Organizer - 5 Senses

What Would You Experience on Mars?

👁️ See

👂 Hear

✋ Feel

👃 Smell

📝 Word Bank

dusty crater vast silent floating gravity explorer horizon

💡 Sentence Starters

The landing was bumpy, and when the door opened, I saw...

Everything was red. The ground, the sky, the rocks...

I stepped out of the ship and my boots crunched on...

It was so quiet that I could hear...

📝 Your Story

⭐ Rubric

Criteria	3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐	2 Stars ⭐⭐	1 Star ⭐
Ideas	Clear, vivid details using senses	Some details but not all 5 senses	Hard to picture
Organization	Arrival → exploration → reflection	Mostly in order	Jumps around
Voice	Exciting! We feel like we are there!	Some excitement	Flat or boring

✅ Self-Check

I described what I see. I described what I hear. I described what I feel (touch or emotion). I used at least 2 words from the word bank. I have a beginning, middle, and end. I read it out loud and it sounds exciting.