InteractiveWritingPersonalNarrativeReadLikeaWriterTellchildrenyouwillreadaloudapersonalnarrative—astoryaboutsomethingthathappenedinthewriter’slife.Thenreadaloudthefollowingstory.Askchildrentolistenfor■theeventthathappenedinthewriter’slife■thewordsI,me,my,us,andwe■whathappenedfirstandwhathappenedlast■asentencethatshowsthewriter’spersonalfeelingsDiscusstheFeaturesAfterreading,discussthefollowingquestionswithchildren.■Whatdidtheauthorofthestorylearnhowtodo?(rideabicyclewithouttrainingwheels)■Whoistellingthestory?(thepersonwholearnedhowtoridethebike)■Howdoyouknow?(ThewordsI,my,andmewereused.)■Whathappenedfirst?(Thefathertookthetrainingwheelsoffthebike.)■Howdoestheauthorfeelattheendofthestory?(proud)Objectives•Identifyeffectivefeaturesinapersonalnarrative•Prewriteapersonalnarrativeusingasequencechart•Draft,revise,proofread,andpublishapersonalnarrativeMaterials•UnitWritingProcessTransparencies1–6•Teacher’sResourceBook,p.232•sentencestrips•chartpaper•markers,crayonsUnit1WritingWorkshopFeaturesofaPersonalNarrative■tellsaboutsomethinginthewriter’slife■haswordssuchasI,me,my,us,andwe■tellstheeventsinorder■showsthewriter’spersonalfeelings���RetellAskchildrentoclosetheireyeswhileyourereadthepersonalnarrative.Tellthemtotrytopictureintheirmindstheeventsofthestory.Encouragethemtoretellthepassage.Whatdidthewriterlearntodo?Howdoyouthinkshefelt?Haveyoueverlearnedtodosomethingthatwasdifficult?Howdiditmakeyoufeelwhenyoulearnedhowtodoit?MyfathertaughtmehowtoridemybicyclewhenIwasfiveyearsold.First,hetookthetrainingwheelsoff.Then,heheldontothebackofthebikewhileIpedaled.Heheldontightandranbesideme.Wewentupanddownthestreetmanytimesandthenheletgo.WhenIturnedaroundanddidn’tseehimthere,Ifell.Wetriedagain,andbeforeIknewit,Ihadlearnedtoridemybicyclewithouttrainingwheels.Myfathersaidhewasproudofme.Irememberfeelingproud,too.143AUnit1������������������������������������������������������������������...
