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Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer with a Rubric

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Decorate Your Journal directions: students glue at least four photos of recent memories on their Writer's Journal covers
Take-home task to gather story ideas before writing
Teacher plans, days 1-4: mentor texts, watermelon seed stories, choosing a topic, and Show Me Don't Tell Me revision steps
Day-by-day pacing guide for the narrative unit
Teacher notes on transition words, setting the scene, expanding characters, story introductions and conclusions
Mini-lesson notes for moving beyond a basic draft
Student checklist part 1: fix punctuation in a run-on sample, add adjectives and verbs, transitions, setting and dialogue
Self-check during revision and editing
Student checklist part 2: internal monologue, spelling, beginning-middle-end, characters, big meaning and ending
Final review before students hand in drafts
How do I think of stories? lists topic ideas like a favorite vacation; What are goals? lists 15 writing goals to set
Reference for topic ideas and goal setting
Small moment brainstorming: students name a person, map a place, draw a moment and a hobby, then list 5 moments or feelings
Prewriting organizer for finding a focused topic
Choose Your Topic: students try out one story by noting what they saw, heard, smelled, tasted and felt
Sensory-detail tryout to confirm a story idea
Introduction: students write five story openings (action, scene, onomatopoeia, dialogue, inner monologue) after models
Practice hooks, then pick the strongest opening
Make Your Story Come Alive: students use a thesaurus to replace adjectives like fun and nice and verbs like run and said
Word-choice revision with a thesaurus
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About This Product

Get your class writing every day with this easy to follow resource for personal narrative writing. Personal narratives are stories about yourself. Most students get stumped in the writing process when it comes to generating ideas... well not anymore! This guide will help take your young authors on the writing journey. It will show them how to write from the very first steps of coming up with an idea all the way to writing a conclusion. It is fool proof, easy to leave plans for a substitute and to take the headache and scariness out of writing for you as the teacher!

Personal Narrative curriculum is a must! We can't expect that students just know how to write. There is structure that is involved. Every story with this kit will have a killer beginning, middle and end. It will eliminate students' need to repeat themselves and truly get to the heart of their story. Students are lost when it comes to telling their own stories. You get stuck with a list of “And then… and then.. and then…” Break those bad habits with this Personal Narrative Writing Set! Students will be able to tell a fluent story with suspense and intrigue!

With this resource you will get:

  • full set of teacher plans

  • examples of great writing to share with your class

  • student writing pages

  • tips and tricks on how to break writer’s slump (and the kid that says “I have nothing to write about”)

  • reflection pages that help create better writers for your future writing pieces

  • scoring rubric for teachers to use for themselves or for data or during conference time with parents

  • countless tips and tricks to enhance your students’ personal narrative writing


Start with this 20 page framework and make writing a breeze in your class!

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