Unit1WritingWorkshopObjectives•Identifyfeaturesofapersonalnarrative•Planandorganizeideasforapersonalnarrative•Draftandreviseapersonalnarrative•Proofread,publish,andpresentapersonalnarrativeMaterials•UnitWritingTransparencies1–6PersonalNarrativeReadLikeaWriterReadaloudtheexcerptbelowfromABearintheFamilyintheRead-AloudAnthology.Thewriter,BenMikaelsen,talksaboutraisingayoungbearnamedBuffy.Explaintostudentsthatthisstoryisapersonalnarrative—atruestoryawritertellsaboutarealexperienceorobservation.Askstudentstolistenfor■importantdetailsaboutwhathappenedinthewriter’slife;■thewaythestoryistoldinthefirstperson,usingIandmy;■thetime-orderwordsthewriterusestotelltheorderofevents;■thepersonalfeelingsofthewriter.DiscusstheFeaturesAfterreading,discussthefollowingquestionswithstudents:■Whotellsthestory?(afirst-personnarratorwho,inthiscase,isthewriter)■Howdoyouknow?(thewordsIandmy)■Whatwordsdoesthewriterusetoshowhisfeelings?(painfully,crying)■WhatdetailsdoesthewriterusetotellaboutBuffy?(tinyfrontfeet,fuzzy,clamberedontomylapandhuggedme)LA.3.1.6.2ReadtextLA.3.3.2.2Organizeinformationthroughuseoftime-orderwordsLA.3.4.1.1WritenarrativesbasedonrealeventsorobservationsLA.3.1.6.2ReadtextLA.3.3.2.2Organizeinformationthroughuseoftime-orderwordsLA.3.4.1.1WritenarrativesbasedonrealeventsorobservationsLA.3.2.1.5Examinehowlanguagedescribespeople,feelingsLA.3.2.1.5Examinehowlanguagedescribespeople,feelings���DiscussIdeasandClarifyWritethequestionsunder“ChooseaTopic”ontheboardandhavestudentswritetheiranswers.Afterward,askstudentstodiscusstheirstorieswithpartners.Encouragepartnerstoaskeachotheradditionalquestionstoclarifytheirideas.Suggestthatstudentsstartwordbanksfortheirstorieswithnewwordsthatarisefromtheirdiscussions.FeaturesofaPersonalNarrative■Ittellsaboutsomethingthathappenedinthewriter’slife.■Itiswritteninthefirstperson,usingwordssuchasIandmy.■Itincludesimportantdetailsaboutthetopicofthestory.■Itexpressesthewriter’spersonalfeelings.ABearintheFamilyOurfriendshipw...
