A personal narrative is a personal story. Remember that we have been talking about personal narratives? The word personal means that you own it. This is my personal sweater and these are my personal shoes. So, a personal story is a story about me. Can you say it with me class? “A personal narrative is a story about me. It has a beginning, a middle, and end. It also has to have describing words.”
Before I write my personal narrative I want you to begin thinking about what good writers do. Remember that we have been talking about what good writers do. We have a chart about the things that good writers do here to the left and one of the things the chart says is that good writers write true stories by thinking about something that happened or …show more content…
Pointing to the second box “middle” in the graphic organizer say I was so sad I couldn’t find him anywhere. Pointing to the third box “end” in the graphic organizer say finally I looked underneath the bed and there he was and I was so happy. Say my story has a beginning, middle, and end as you point to each of the boxes in the graphic organizer. Ask students, “What happened in the beginning of the story?” Give them a minute to respond. Call on a student. Once the student answers say “That’s right, I lost my dog so I was sad.” Draw an image of myself with a sad facial expression for the first box of the graphic organizer to illustrate how I was feeling at that moment in time. Ask students, “What happened next?” Call on a student. Once the student answers say, “That’s correct, I looked everywhere.” Draw an image of myself outside my house with a speech bubble calling my dog’s name “Peluche.” Ask students, “What happened last?” Give them a minute to respond. Call on a student. Once the students provides an answer, say “Very good, I looked under the bed and there he was. When I found him I became happy.” Draw an image of myself with a happy face and my dog underneath my bed. Once I’m done with all of the drawings I’m going to go back and write for the first box the word sad, then for the second box I’m going to write worried, and for the last box I’m going to write happy. For each of the words I write in the graphic organizer, I’m going to sound them out. Ask “Does my story have a beginning, a middle and an end?” Wait for them to answer. Say “Can someone come up and point to the beginning, middle, and end of my story?” The student will come up to the white board and point to the appropriate areas. (The graphic organizer is attached at the end of this
Before I write my personal narrative I want you to begin thinking about what good writers do. Remember that we have been talking about what good writers do. We have a chart about the things that good writers do here to the left and one of the things the chart says is that good writers write true stories by thinking about something that happened or …show more content…
Pointing to the second box “middle” in the graphic organizer say I was so sad I couldn’t find him anywhere. Pointing to the third box “end” in the graphic organizer say finally I looked underneath the bed and there he was and I was so happy. Say my story has a beginning, middle, and end as you point to each of the boxes in the graphic organizer. Ask students, “What happened in the beginning of the story?” Give them a minute to respond. Call on a student. Once the student answers say “That’s right, I lost my dog so I was sad.” Draw an image of myself with a sad facial expression for the first box of the graphic organizer to illustrate how I was feeling at that moment in time. Ask students, “What happened next?” Call on a student. Once the student answers say, “That’s correct, I looked everywhere.” Draw an image of myself outside my house with a speech bubble calling my dog’s name “Peluche.” Ask students, “What happened last?” Give them a minute to respond. Call on a student. Once the students provides an answer, say “Very good, I looked under the bed and there he was. When I found him I became happy.” Draw an image of myself with a happy face and my dog underneath my bed. Once I’m done with all of the drawings I’m going to go back and write for the first box the word sad, then for the second box I’m going to write worried, and for the last box I’m going to write happy. For each of the words I write in the graphic organizer, I’m going to sound them out. Ask “Does my story have a beginning, a middle and an end?” Wait for them to answer. Say “Can someone come up and point to the beginning, middle, and end of my story?” The student will come up to the white board and point to the appropriate areas. (The graphic organizer is attached at the end of this