Description
This writer’s workshop unit has everything you need to introduce and develop personal narrative writing in your classroom!
This unit includes:
*10 step by step lessons to teach personal narrative writing. Each lesson includes a mini lesson with suggested mentor text (the text are not required), independent writing, and shared writing. Anchor chart pieces, mini-anchor charts for students’ writer’s notebooks, conferencing labels and sticky notes, goal setting pages are included.
Mini lessons include:
*What is a personal narrative?
*Zooming in on a small moment
*Writing a strong lead
*Elements of a personal narrative
*Using descriptive language and voice in your writing
*Using dialogue
*Using transition words
*Using your unique perspective
*Word choice
*Writing a reflective ending
*TEN classroom posters included.
*Revising and editing tools include helpful bookmarks, labels to keep tools such as colored pencils and highlighters, and spider legs for students to use while revising.
*Labels for student folders: students name, what I’m working on, and writing tools.
*Individual spelling dictionary for students to keep track of easily misspelled words.
*Paper for published work: 20 lined pages with 20 coordinated unlined pages for writing and illustrations of published work.
*FIVE extra mini lesson: punctuation, adding in details, breaking your writing into paragraphs, sequence of events, and narrative writing checklist.
*Student friendly rubric based on grades 3-5 CCCS standards and I Can Statements.
*Bulletin board letters: #thisisus Personal Narratives
*Binder cover, spines, dividers to keep all your pages organized
Click here to check out the growing bundle of writer’s workshop units that also includes:
*Launching Writing Worshop
*Opinion Writing
*Persuasive Writing
*Expository Writing
*Imaginative Writing
*Procedural Writing
*Descriptive Writing
Ahna-Marie Lafferty –
This is a great resource to use with students for personal narrative writing. The checklists were great and the posters were very useful. Also, the rubrics were extremely helpful to my students.
Rayna F. –
If teaching writing is a challenge for you, as it is for me, this is such a useful resource. No prep, and engaging. Students love writing personal narratives, and this is a great unit to kick off a year of writer’s workshop!
Little Log Cottage School –
This unit saved me! I was given a 4th-6th grade writing workshop class at the last minute and I needed something prepped and ready to go. The lesson plans are wonderful to have!
Heather S. –
Great resource for teaching the writing process for personal narrative.
Maria C G. –
Great companion to have while doing a novel study with the kiddos.
HIRAL A. –
I loved this writing unit. It has everything needed to teach personal narratives. I love the anchor chart pieces that are provided and the examples of the anchor charts that are also provided. The lessons are also amazing! They have titles of mentor texts that can be used to teach the lesson which is perfect.
Cultivating Encouragement –
Great materials, easy to use, and no prep to help develop my students written expression skills early in the school year.
Veronica Saxer –
Absolutely love this resource. Can’t wait to dive into it with my students.
Katia J. –
This resource included everything I needed to teach a narrative writing unit. I love the print outs to include on anchor charts and example anchor charts that I could easily re-create.
Heather Bates –
This was a very user friendly document. The students really enjoyed the activities.
Christie H. –
My students loved these resources. They were perfect!
Mrs A’s Room –
This was exactly what I needed for my upper grade teachers! the multiple licenses were definitely worth it! Thank you!
Evan H. –
A very thorough engaging unit on personal narrative. Some prep work to do before you start the unit.
Caitlin G. –
Used this to simplify the writers workshop manual, which is so hard to follow. Really liked all the items this resource came with, helped to keep things organized. Used this throughout our narrative writing unit.
Ashley S. –
It was great! Thanks!
Kelly Ann S. –
Makes this unit so clear and explicit for kids, thank you!
Angelina R. –
These workshops are FANTASTIC. I had looked and looked for a writing program. This was perfect. I bought this individual unit and went on to buy the full unit. They come with Anchor chart pieces that help. My children loved this one.
Kristen P. –
great
Ms M Classroom –
This was perfect to supplement my curriculum!
Linda Locke –
I LOVE everything you do!! You have helped an “older” educator stay relevant and current with all of your wonderful products and blog! This is no exception. I’ve taught writing a long time, and needed a new perspective on teaching it, and this product has it all!! Lessons are so well thought-out, rigorous, and engaging! Students love the mentor texts you’ve used for this unit, and their writing is fantastic! Thank you for sharing this product!
TLB –
Linda, you made my day! Thank you so much for your kind feedback, I am so, so happy to hear about your student’s writing! Truly brought a huge smile to my face!!