Plan, draft, revise, peer-edit, and publish a 4-6 paragraph personal narrative
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~6 min eng.g3.f.ex_03

Orientation Draft

Prompt

Pick ONE wedge from your heart-map. Write a 2-4 sentence ORIENTATION that names WHO is in the moment, WHERE it happens, WHEN it happens, and includes at least ONE sensory detail (sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste).

M-3-F-EX-03 Illustration
Reference image of a sample orientation paragraph (2-4 sentences) with a green-pencil annotation: WHO underlined orange,

Reference image of a sample orientation paragraph (2-4 sentences) with a green-pencil annotation: WHO underlined orange, WHERE underlined green, WHEN underlined purple, sensory detail circled red. Print-ready 8.5x11.

How it's presented
mode handwriting paper single line g3
Answer criteria
type rubric
criteria
  1. WHO named
  2. WHERE named
  3. WHEN named (season or time of day)
  4. ≥1 sensory detail with named sense
  5. Capitals + periods
Hints
  1. Sensory frame: 'I could ___ [sense].'
  2. Specific WHEN: 'a Saturday morning in October' beats 'one day.'
Misconceptions to watch
  • Writes a label ('It was Saturday at my grandma's.') without sense detail.
  • Names broad time ('one day') instead of specific time.
Used in lessons