Personal Narratives

What can you do if you are stuck while writing your personal narrative?

• sketch a picture
• tell your story to a friend
• reread your story back to yourself
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.W.4.5

If you think of something better to add to your story, what should you do?

• Take out the parts you don't want anymore and write in the parts you like better!
• just ignore it and keep the story you have
• ask your teacher to read your story
• think about it some more

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How can you be a better writing partner?

• listen to your partner and give them constructive feedback
• wait for your turn to talk
• listen but don't offer any advice and tell them their story is perfect
• rewrite their story for them

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Personal narratives should be:

• a small moment in time like a small watermelon seed story
• cover a large span of time like a giant watermelon topic
• an all about me book about your favorite hobbies
• a chapter book about your favorite things

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

How does telling your story out loud to a friend or teacher help you write a better story?

• because you capture more of the details out when you story tell and you make the mental movie in your mind more clear
• telling someone could lead to deeper level questions which require you to tell more of your story
• each time you tell your story you can make a better version of that same story
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1