Writing


 * Our Writing Program is Based Upon Writing Pathways Grades K-5 by Lucy Calkins**

__**Narrative Craft**__ **- Unit 1 Personal Narrative**

Personal Narratives will be graded using the attached Narrative Rubric

Students may use this checklist when checking their writing pieces.

Writing can take many forms. Here is a list that may help you to generate ideas.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narrative Writing Techniques for Raising the Level of Narrative Writing Tell Your Story Graphic Organizer Personal Narrative Lined Paper Form Brainstorming Turning Points - Small Moments

What is Flash Drafting? Different Ways Writers can get Deeply Absorbed by their Stories The LEAD

Think of a PLACE that matters to you. . . Think of a PERSON that matters to you. . . Think of a STRONG FEELING that you experienced. . . Think of a FIRST TIME experience. . . Think of a LAST TIME experience. . . Think of a time that you LEARNED SOMETHING. ..

Stretching Out the Tension and Elaboration

What is the Story Really About? Redrafting to Bring Out Meaning Thinking Up a Whole New Way to Tell a Story Revising the Message

Stretching Out the Tension The Big Idea Strategies for Elaborating on Important Part When do Writers Begin a New Paragraph

Catching the Action (or image) that Produced the Emotion

Goes along with Lesson 16 Eleven (short story) Recording