Today in Team Literacy 9/29

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:
Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Small moments mini- lesson
Review Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
Times I Realized Something: Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something.  Chart your thoughts.  

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. 

Narrative Challenge- 10-15min

Write a narrative using one of your last moments or times you realized something

Homework:

-Keep track of all of those memories you create over the weekend!  There might be something worth writing about!

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

Small moments

Today in Team Literacy 9/27

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:
The Awakenings- Leonard's firsts

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.  

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

Today in Team Literacy 9/26

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- 10-15min
Write a narrative using one of the moments on your map.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Create a Chart to Brainstorm
First Moments: Think of first 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 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:

-Keep the Ideas flowing! Complete the "Firsts" column of your chart.

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

Today in Team Literacy 9/22

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:
Review Notes-How to Write Powerful Narratives

Set Personal Writing Goal

Narrative Challenge
Place- Draw a map of a place and list moments that happened involving areas on the map.

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
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

Today in Team Literacy 9/19

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)Review 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. 

Strategies Slide
Create a slide on the first writing strategy: 
1) Think of a person who matters to you, list small moment stories, choose one, and write the 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

Sample Narrative

Today in Team Literacy

Narrative Goal:
I can write a real narrative with descriptive details and effective technique, where I use precise words, phrases, sensory details and language to convey experiences and events.

I Can:

~write my best personal narrative, or personal story.
~study the strategies used in texts others have written.


WOW!!! How can we connect this to our writing?

Writing Workshop Activities:
Notes- How to Write Powerful Narratives
Brainstorm Memorable People and Events Associated with Them

Homework:

-Make a list of the most memorable people in your life and events associated with them.  

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