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Today in Team Lit 10/12

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative about a person using the map you drew and the moments you generated. 


Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person- List important people and moments associated with them.
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.
Chart- Make a chart of to organize your ideas

1) Finish your map and moments
2) Flash draft on moments
3) Chart Firsts and Lasts

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

OWL RESEARCH

Learning Goals:
Identify character traits of owls.
Investigate owls using portaportal.
Make observations about different types of owls and their habitats.

Class Resources:
Owl Sounds
Dancing Owls
Hoot Libguide

Activities:
Owl Circle Map
Use Piktochart or Canva to create an infographic

Today in Team Literacy 10/11

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative about a person using the list of people and moments you generated. 

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person- List important people and moments associated with them.
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.


Homework:

-Finish your map and moments.  Come to class with one in mind to write about. 

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Sample Narrative

Today in Team Literacy 10/6

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Identify strategies used when writing personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
1) Share Example Narrative- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
2)Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person: Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
Up- Carl and Ellie


Narrative Challenge

Flash draft- write for 10 minutes using one of you people/moments

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

Places tomorrow!  Think of a place you can draw a map of for class tomorrow.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3

Today in Team Literacy 10/5

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Identify strategies used when writing personal narratives.

Writing Workshop Activities:
1) Share Example Narrative- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
2)Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Person: Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
Up- Carl and Ellie


Narrative Challenge

Flash draft- write for 10 minutes using one of you people/moments

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
*Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
*Show what your story is really about.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

Places tomorrow!  Think of a place you can draw a map of for class tomorrow.

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.2, RL. 6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3