Today in ELA 9/15

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:
Popcorn Share
Read aloud a small excerpt from today's narrative challenge.

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
First and Last Moments: Think of first times or last times you did something.
Moments that Really Matter: Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something. 

Create a Chart to Brainstorm

First Times
Last Times
Times I realized Something

Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative using one of our strategies from class today.

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! Finish the narrative you've started..  Try inserting "dialogue!" (Length Goal- 2 Pages; Skip Lines)

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 ELA 9/12

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:
 Popcorn Share
Read aloud a small excerpt from today's narrative challenge.

Review Chart
How to Write Powerful Narratives

Inspirational Clip

Dialogue Lesson
Ms. Mowat Dialogue Games

Narrative Challenge
Correctly use, or insert dialogue into yesterday's narrative.

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:

-Have a great weekend!  Take note of those special moments that happen!

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 ELA 9/11

Welcome Mrs. Gabriel!

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 Chart
How to Write Powerful Narratives

Strategies for Generating Personal Narratives
Place: Think about a place that matters, use pictures and quick notes to list small moments that occurred there, choose one, and write the whole story.  

Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative using one of our strategies from class today.

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! Go on with the narrative you've started or start a new one.  Try inserting "dialogue!" (Length Goal- 2 Pages; Skip Lines)

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

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Today in ELA 9/10

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 Chart
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.

Narrative Challenge
Write a narrative using one of our strategies from class today.

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. 

Popcorn Share
Read aloud a small excerpt from today's narrative challenge.



Homework:

-Keep the Ideas flowing! Go on with the narrative you've started or start a new one.  Set a goal to challenge yourself! (Length Goal- 2 Pages; Skip Lines)

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 ELA 9/9

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story.
~Study the strategies used in texts others have written.

Writing Workshop Activities:
Narrative Writing Challenge
I am excited to understand what you can do as writers of narratives, so today, will you please write the best personal narrative, the best true story, that you can write? Make this be the story of on time in your life.  You might focus on just a scene or two.  You'll have only 30 minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to use your first copy as your final copy.  Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.  
*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. 

Self Reflection
Use the writing checklist to rate yourself and your current ability to write your best narrative. 

Setting up to Write
Study the strategies used in texts others have written. 

Homework:

-Make sure your writer's binder has loose leaf paper in it and is in Mrs. Turbeville's room for tomorrow's Writing Workshop.  
-Declare Writing Goals  (2-3 Personal Goals)

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