Narrative Writing Editing Symbols
Narrative editing symbols reference sheet explaining three marks, snapshot, thought-shot and dialogue, that students place on a peer's draft to show where more detail belongs.

- Grades
- Grades 4–7, Elementary, Middle School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Writing
- Topic
- writing printable, narrative essays
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This is a Narrative Writing Editing Symbols Printable.
You can print this and give it to students as a reference as they write.
This will review 3 different writing symbols.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify places in a narrative draft that need descriptive detail, inner thoughts or dialogue
Skills covered
- Peer revision — marking a classmate's draft with snapshot, thought-shot and dialogue symbols
No reviews yet
Downloaded this resource? Tell other teachers how it went.
Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Snapshot
- Thought-shot
- Dialogue
- Interior monologue
Explore more
Categories this resource belongs to
Explore related searches
More to explore









