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Here are the teacher pack items for Writing a Personal Narrative:
Overview In this experience, students apply their knowledge of personal narratives as a genre as they compose their own personal narrative. They move through the writing process as they brainstorm, outline, compose, revise, edit, and publish their personal narratives. At the end of the experience, students will self-evaluate their work based on a rubric. You may review the rubric with them at any point during this experience. Objectives Duration One week. You may want students to draft at home.
A personal narrative is a story written about a specific moment in your life. As authors reflect back on their lives they will often choose significant moments that lead to a change in them or a moment where they learned something. What are some moments in your life that were important to you?
Objectives
What are your feelings when you are done reading this? Do you want to keep reading the rest of the story? What makes this story powerful? List your thoughts in the table.
Use student responses to spark a discussion regarding what might make a powerful story for a personal narrative. This should lead into the purpose of the experience—writing their own personal narratives. Students learned the elements of a personal narrative in the experience “Reading Personal Narratives.” If necessary, review the elements now:
