Good morning writers Today is Tuesday May 21

Good morning, writers! Today is Tuesday, May 21, 2019 It is a Day 5 B. v. Sit down quietly and write down your homework: v. Finish drawing from class. v. Today, you will need: v. Workshop Notebook v. Sharpened Pencil v. HW-Pronouns Worksheet v. Continue writing your personal

Personal Narrative Session 2 2019

I can… …think of an important place that matters to me and draw it in order to come up with ideas for personal narratives.

Last week, you learned several strategies from Ai’s personal narrative, and then tried applying it to one of your own personal Connectionnarratives! Find a place where you used that strategy in your personal narrative

How to Write Powerful Personal Narratives ØThink of a person, place, or moment in your life (maybe a first or last time, or a time when you realized something) that matters, and write a story about it. ØFocus on one episode, write with detail (don’t summarize a stretch of time). ØHelp readers picture the episode—a small action and exact dialogue.

Today I will teach you about this strategy: Teaching Point Writers sometimes think of a place that matters to them and make a quick sketch —a map—of that place, jotting all the powerful Small Moment story ideas that come from that place.

Jack Gantos’s Map 1) Read it. 2) Think. . . a. What has Gantos done that we could try? b. How has he pulled this off? c. What did he do that I could try as well?

Strategies for Generating Personal Narrative Topics Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story. • Think about a place that matters, use pictures and quick notes to jot about the small moments that occurred there, choose one, and write the whole story.

Active Engageme nt Think of a place that matters, a place where you have lived a lot of your life. Turn & Talk: Share with the person beside you what place you have chosen as well as some of the things that you will sketch onto your map.

Link Remember that when writers are stuck and need ideas about what to write, one thing they can do is to look at other writing to see what another author has done. They can also think of a place and the meaningful events that happened there. So go ahead and sketch, label, or write!

Choose a short excerpt from your notebook to read aloud. Popcor n Share Practice reading the words in your head to show their meaning. Remember to move quickly because it is a popcorn share.

Good morning, writers! Today is Wednesday, May 22, 2019 It is a Day 6 B. v. Today, you will need: v. Workshop Notebook v. Open to your sketch v. Sharpened Pencil v. Review your sketch from yesterday’s class. You should have lots of moments!

I can… …choose a moment from my sketch in order to develop it into a personal narrative.

Yesterday, we learned that it is helpful to think of an important place that matters to you and draw it in order to help us come up with ideas for personal Connectionnarratives. Share your sketch with your partner and tell him/her about one memory/moment

Teachin g from your sketch that you will develop into a personal narrative. Remember to recreate it as if you are living it again. Close your eyes…picture this moment. Who was there? What was said? How was it said? What sounds are around you? What do things look like? What are you feeling or thinking?

Link Begin to write your personal narrative. Recreate the moment as if it is happening now. Remember to use techniques from Ai’s personal narrative… Figurative language (similes, personification, etc. ) Adjective, adjective noun phrases Develop and describe the setting Exact dialogue with action Vivid verbs Inner thinking PARAGRAPHS