1. 2 Sheets of Notebook Paper2. Your BME graphic organizer3. Your Notes from Last Class (5’s)

“Write a story about the time you learned the responsibility of standing up for your beliefs.”

Writing Your Story

Story ComponentsSettingCharactersThey face a challenge/conflictThey struggle to overcome that

challengeThe challenge ends It may or may not be resolved

Write your 6-word title and skip a line

B – Beginning (15 min.)Show the setting through use of the

senses/detailsShow yourself. The reader needs to see you.Do something“Sense” something (see, smell, taste, touch,

sound)Discover somethingFeel somethingThink something

(Proper nouns make your story believable)

M – Middle (20 min.)Decide to do somethingShow yourself doing something“Sense” something (see, smell, taste,

touch, sound)Think and feel while doing itFinish what you were doing“Sense” somethingThink and feel something different

(This should all happen in one place and time)

E – End (10 min.)Think back on the eventHow have your feelings changed?State your answer to the promptIf in the same situation, what would

you do?Include your six-word title

(Answer the prompt and show growth)

Revision – Rewrite and Check (20)Check for homophones (their/there, its/it’s)Check for possessive and plural

(students/student’s)Check your past tense verbs (ran vs.

runned)Check punctuation of your dialogueEliminate unnecessary partsAdd proper nouns and necessary detailsAdd transitions where necessaryWrite as neatly as possible

Stack in this Order – Top to BottomRevised Draft1st DraftNotes from Last ClassBME Graphic Organizer