Personal Narrative Support Packet
CKLA Grade 4 • Unit 1 Pre-Literacy Visual Guide
Personal Narrative: Picture Dictionary
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ME / YO
My Name / Draw Me:
1
Story Parts: Look, Point, & Trace
🙋 Point to Me
1. Narrator (Me)
Trace: I ME
This story is about ME!
📍 Where
2. Setting (Place)
🏠 🏫 🌳 🚌
The place where it happened.
💬 Talking
3. Dialogue (Quotes)
Trace: “ ”
Hands make bunny-ears quotes!
👣 Steps
4. Sequence (1 → 2 → 3)
1 → 2 → 3
First • Next • Last
2
Feelings Touchboard • Touch & Say
Touch How You Felt
😊 HAPPY Smiles
😢 SAD Tears
😨 SCARED Shaky
🤩 PROUD Star
😡 MAD Angry
Teacher / Partner Prompt: Ask student to point to pictures and do the physical gestures with you.
CKLA Grade 4 Unit 1
Story Retell Draw & Tell
Story Comic Strip Retell
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1. Who is in the story? (Circle):
🧒 Me
🧑🤝🧑 Friends
👨👩👧 Family
👩🏫 Teacher
2. Where did it happen? (Circle):
🏫 School
🏠 Home
🌳 Park
🚗 Car/Trip
3. Draw What Happened • Dibuja la Historia 1 → 2 → 3 Sequence
1 FIRST Start
[ DRAW: How the story started ]
2 NEXT Action
[ DRAW: What happened next ]
3 LAST End
[ DRAW: How it ended ]
🗣️
Tell Your Partner: Point to Box 1, Box 2, Box 3 and say one word for each!
👉 1 👉 2 👉 3
CKLA Grade 4 • Unit 1: Personal Narratives No reading/writing needed: Student draws & points to explain events.
Dialogue & Quotes Tactile Punctuation
Talking Marks: Speech Bubbles to Quotes
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1. How Dialogue Works • De la Boca al Papel
🗣️ Person Speaks
📢 "LOOK!"
“ LOOK! ”
2
Trace the Quotation Marks • Traza las Comillas
Use your pencil or marker to trace the big talking marks around each picture!
“
🛑 STOP!
” said Mom.
“
⚽ GOAL!
” shouted Leo.
“
[ DRAW WHAT SOMEONE SAID HERE ]
” I said.
3. Sound & Action Bank • Palabras con Sonido
💥 CRASH! Loud noise
👏 CLAP! Cheering
🤫 SHHH! Quiet
🎉 YAY! Happy yell
CKLA Grade 4 • Unit 1: Personal Narratives Teaches dialogue punctuation without requiring reading fluency.
Author & Artist Draw • Trace • Share
My True Story: By ME!
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1 Draw ME at the place (School, Home, or Park):
Trace: I
[ DRAW YOURSELF & WHERE YOU WERE ]
2 Draw what happened next + who talked:
Trace: “ ”
[ DRAW THE ACTION & TALKING ]
“ Draw sound/words ”
3 How did you feel at the end?
😊 🤩 😢 😨
My Story Check • Mi Revisión Visual
🙋 1. Did I draw ME?
📍 2. Did I draw a PLACE?
“ ” 3. Did I trace QUOTES?
❤️ 4. Did I circle a FEELING?
🌟
Ready to Tell Your Story! Hold your paper, point to your drawings, and share with the teacher or class!
🎉 Great Job!