Good Morning 6th Graders,
Homeroom:
Today is an 'E' Day. Don't forget to order your lunch and unstack ALL the chairs
ELA,
Make sure that you have your independent reading book. Today we will begin our writers workshop. Please collect your writing from the red bin and quietly share your writing with people at your table group
Thank you
Mr. Trumble
Standard W6.3 Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, descriptive details, and a well-structures sequence of events
Session 1 (Personal Narrative)
Personal Narratives
Crafting Powerful Life Stories
Lucy Calkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO29k1-RvsAWriting Workshop Session 1
(Personal Narrative)
Connection: Think of a past teacher who has tried to teach you
about crafting powerful true stories from the small moments of
your life.
6th grade expectations of daily writing: I'm going to expect that
6th grade expectations of daily writing: I'm going to expect that
each of you, as a writer, can fill a page of your notebook
every day you do writing with a compelling true story.
every day you do writing with a compelling true story.
writer, you can get help not only from each other and from me,
but also from texts others have written. To learn from finished
texts, you need to study them, imagining the strategies the
writer probably used so you can then try those same strategies
on your own writing.
Have you ever asked the question
"Wow! How did somebody make, or build that?!"
Radio Controlled Dirt Track Modified Race Car
You have to look deep and analyze each part to see how they
come together. We are going to start learning about writing
narratives by studying a personal narrative that another
6th grader has made.
narratives by studying a personal narrative that another
6th grader has made.
(pass out a copy of Ai's Narrative)
Ai's Narrative:
I shivered a little bit.
"It's pretty cold!" I said as I dipped my toes in the water. I took
Ai's Narrative:
I shivered a little bit.
"It's pretty cold!" I said as I dipped my toes in the water. I took
a pebble and threw it far into the creek.
"Well, whatever!" I said as I plunged in to the cold water. It felt
"Well, whatever!" I said as I plunged in to the cold water. It felt
amazing! The cold water covered my eyes like gentle blankets
and the water washed over me like a breeze. Swimming is my
favorite!
"Wait up!" yelled Emma as she ran down the hill with her floaty
"Wait up!" yelled Emma as she ran down the hill with her floaty
wrapped around her waist. Her curly brown hair whipped
around in the breeze. I shivered, I was cold already! A moment
after that, India's mom waded in, laughing.
"Ha! It's cold! she said. Then she stopped. "Girls, out! Out of
"Ha! It's cold! she said. Then she stopped. "Girls, out! Out of
the water!" she pushed us back to shore. I looked back and
saw a long, thin water snake, slithering towards us. I gasped.
I quickly swam underwater in big, wide strokes.
Ask yourself: "What got to me in this piece?" "What part worked
Ask yourself: "What got to me in this piece?" "What part worked
for me?" "How did the author do that?"
(Discuss)
*Insert 'How to write Powerful Personal Narratives' into Notebooks
or a time when you realized something) that matters, and write a story about
it.
• Focus on one episode, write with detail (don’t summarize a stretch of time).
• Help readers picture the episode—a small action and exact dialogue.
• Climb inside the moment and write within the narrator’s point of view.
• Make characters say the words and use the tone that shows their
personalities and hints at the bigger meaning of the moment.
• Explain why the characters act the way they do.
• Zoom in on the small but powerful details that really capture big moments
and feelings.
• Use the Narrative Writing Checklist to ask, “As a writer, what are my
strengths? What are my needs?” Then, plan your next steps as a writer.
• Craft a memorable lead.
• Ask, “What is my story really about?” and include descriptors, dialogue,
and inner thinking that convey that meaning.
• Elaborate on important scenes that show what the story is really about.
• Include new scenes, remembered from the past or imagined in the future,
that help show what the story is really about.
• Craft an ending that delivers a powerful message.
ANNOTATE
*MARK UP a piece of writing
*Circle things that are "WOW!" and "AWESOME"
*Underline words you don't know/Things that confuse you
*Write your thoughts, feeling, connections, etc.
* Find Figurative Language (Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole,
Personification)
Share/Wrap up
After looking at another 6th grader's writing today, where do
(Discuss)
*Insert 'How to write Powerful Personal Narratives' into Notebooks
How to Write Powerful Personal Narratives
• Think of a person, place, or moment in your life (maybe a first or
last time,or a time when you realized something) that matters, and write a story about
it.
• Focus on one episode, write with detail (don’t summarize a stretch of time).
• Help readers picture the episode—a small action and exact dialogue.
• Climb inside the moment and write within the narrator’s point of view.
• Make characters say the words and use the tone that shows their
personalities and hints at the bigger meaning of the moment.
• Explain why the characters act the way they do.
• Zoom in on the small but powerful details that really capture big moments
and feelings.
• Use the Narrative Writing Checklist to ask, “As a writer, what are my
strengths? What are my needs?” Then, plan your next steps as a writer.
• Craft a memorable lead.
• Ask, “What is my story really about?” and include descriptors, dialogue,
and inner thinking that convey that meaning.
• Elaborate on important scenes that show what the story is really about.
• Include new scenes, remembered from the past or imagined in the future,
that help show what the story is really about.
• Craft an ending that delivers a powerful message.
ANNOTATE
*MARK UP a piece of writing
*Circle things that are "WOW!" and "AWESOME"
*Underline words you don't know/Things that confuse you
*Write your thoughts, feeling, connections, etc.
* Find Figurative Language (Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole,
Personification)
Share/Wrap up
After looking at another 6th grader's writing today, where do
you feel you are as writers right now?
Where would you like to go?
Talk about Writing Goals
1. Write two goals for yourselves as writers. Think about
what you already do well, and what you could learn to do
even better.
2. Make sure you have read and annotated chapters 11 & 12
3. Complete Vocabulary Take Home Quiz
2. Make sure you have read and annotated chapters 11 & 12
3. Complete Vocabulary Take Home Quiz
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