One vertical narrative writing program. Three grade levels. Same DNA.

Three complete narrative writing units in one bundle - Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5. This gives schools, grade teams, and multi-grade homeschoolers a complete narrative writing program from Grade 3 through Grade 5. Students grow story craft from the story-mountain foundation in Grade 3, to dialogue and pacing in Grade 4, to character-driven short fiction in Grade 5 - over 9 weeks of teaching. Same design language, same rubric structure, same lesson architecture across all three grades. Save 27% versus buying each unit individually.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• 45 ready-to-teach lesson plans (15 per grade)
• 420 editable widescreen slides (PowerPoint + Google Slides)
• 19 printable student worksheets
• 3 color-coded rubrics (5 criteria x 4 levels)
• 3 summative task sheets with checklists and self-assessment
• 3 editable parent letters (PDF + Word DOCX)
• Bundle preview PDF

HOW THE WRITING GROWS
GRADE 3 - Story mountain foundation. What makes a story strong, story mountain (5 parts), character build, setting and mood. Mentor text: Owl Moon. CCSS W.3.3.
GRADE 4 - Add craft and dialogue. Strong openings, real dialogue, show-don’t-tell, and pacing. Mentor text: The Patchwork Quilt. CCSS W.4.3.
GRADE 5 - Character-driven short fiction. Voice, interiority, sensory layers, and endings that change the character. Mentor texts include Eleven and Thank You Ma’am. CCSS W.5.3.

EVERY LESSON FOLLOWS THE SAME 6-STEP ARCHITECTURE
Title and objective, student-facing target, a 5-minute hook, a focused mini-lesson, independent Your Turn practice on the paired worksheet, and a close with exit ticket. Open the deck, project it, teach the lesson.

WHY IT WORKS

• One vertical program: students grow narrative craft year on year using the same framework, deepening each grade.
• Same DNA across every grade: slides, rubrics, and worksheets share the same color system, lesson architecture, and language.
• Built for grade teams: one creator, one design system, one set of rubric criteria across three grades.
• A mentor-text ladder built in: Owl Moon to The Patchwork Quilt to Eleven, a curated reading progression that pairs with each grade’s writing focus.

PERFECT FOR
Schools standardizing writing across grades 3-5, grade teams sharing planning, multi-grade homeschool families, teachers moving up grade levels, new teachers needing a complete classroom-tested program, and tutors working across grade bands.

ALIGNED TO CCSS
W.3.3, W.4.3, W.5.3 (all sub-standards), plus supporting W.4-W.10, L.1-L.6, RL.3/RL.5, and SL.1/SL.4 strands at each grade.

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