Personal Narrative

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Personal Narrative Miss Webber’ Class Third Grade

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Personal Narrative

Miss Webber’ Class

Third Grade

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What is a Personal Narrative?

• Tells the audience MY story• Well planned story line with details• Story occurs in chronological order?• Vivid setting and plot• Conclusion usually includes how a

problem was resolved or something new and exciting.

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Our Goals…• Mapping-3 topics• Narrowing our focus and adding

details• Picking 1 topic • Active Beginnings• Proper Format• Making Transitions• Editing and Revising

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Day 1

Mapping and narrowing our focus

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Mapping• Let’s look at your list from this

weekend. • Pick 3 ideas that you feel are

your strongest• What does it mean to “Narrow

your focus?”

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Narrowing Your Focus

Remember to narrow your topic focus

• Topics That Are Too Large– Our Family Trip to Cedar Point– Amusement Park– My New School– My Fishing Trip

• Properly Narrow Topic• My Roller-coaster Ride• First Day at a New School• Catching the Big Fish

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Narrowing even more…

TOO LARGEOur Family Trip to Cedar Point– 1. We got up early and got into the

car.– 2. We were in the car forever.– 3. We stopped for lunch.– 4. Got to Cedar Point, it was dark

JUST RIGHTMy Roller-coaster Ride– 1. Standing in line with my brother,

Jim, he’s eight years old. – 2. My hands were sweating, felt like I

was going to pass out.– 3. Watched the roller coaster drop

down the hill like– a cannon going off.– 4. Felt like I was going to pass out

cold.

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Homework tonight

Write down your three topics and come up with 3 or 4 details for each

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Day 2

Picking a topicand

Active Beginnings

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Picking 1 topic

• Yesterday we narrowed out focus and last night you found details for 3 ideas.

• Today, discuss with them with your table partners.

• From that list, circle the one that you feel your could do your BEST writing on.

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Hooking the audience

• What does it mean to HOOK the audience???

In order to capture your reader’s attention, the beginning of your story must be interesting and lively enough to make your reader want to keep reading. One way to do this is to begin with an action.

• Use the Overhead to practice this• Then start with your story an

active sentence. • Share with your table for

suggestions• Share with the class.

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Day 3

Proper Format

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Proper Format

• An introduction paragraph with an active beginning

• 3 to 4 paragraphs• Each paragraph has one idea

with a topic sentence with 3 to 4 supporting details.

• Closing paragraph to show how the main character has grown or changed in some way as a result of his or her experiences.

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Day 4

Smooth Transitions

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Smooth Transitions

• One way an author can get the reader’s attention is by using phrases that we call “red flags.”

• Red flags, such as all of a sudden or the next thing, I knew, indicate a new twist in the plot.

• Red flags can replace predictable words and phrases, like next or and then.

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Transition word choices

Use these words to go from paragraph to paragraph

TIME TRANSITIONS:• Shortly after that • Meanwhile • Along the way… • Soon• Before long • Earlier • After all of that… • Later on

•During all of this •Eventually• Immediately •Without delay•At that very moment •An hour later •Later that same day •Next•While this was happening•At last •As soon as….•Not a moment too soon

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Transition word choices…• Use these words to go from

paragraph to paragraph

THOUGHT TRANSITIONS:• Also • Furthermore • For example• Mainly • Because • Otherwise• Which, if I must say so myself • Without warning • Even though• Suddenly

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Transition activity• Use the list of Transition words

to complete the sentences.• Share with the class

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Day 5

Closing Paragraph

And

Revising and Editing

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Closing• Writers use the ending of a story

to show how the main character has grown or changed in some way as a result of his or her experiences.

• To do this, writers use a combination of techniques that include describing the main character’s memories, decisions, actions, feelings, hopes, or wishes as a result of the events in the story.

Use the Overhead to go over some examples

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Revising and Editing• Use your green and purple pens

to complete self revising.

• Use tools such as a dictionary, thesauruses or your writers workshop notebook.

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Conferencing You will have two peer conferences:

– The first one, use sticky notes to give suggestions

– The second one you will use the peer conference sheet

Then you will meet with me and we will discuss your paper.

Once we have meet, you can write your final draft and draw a picture.