Today in ELA 9/23

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:
Word Study Quiz

Narrative Challenge- 10-15min
Write a narrative using one of your first moments.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
Last Moments: Think of last times you did something. Chart your thoughts.  

Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative using one of the moments on your map.

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use details to help readers picture your story.
*Concentrate on a small moment.
*Insert dialogue appropriately.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:

-Keep the Ideas flowing! Complete the next column of your chart, Last Times. I realized something.  Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something. 

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