Personal narrative middle school

Helpful hints and tricks for middle and high school teachers to teach students how to write a Personal Narratives. Includes a free writing planner and narrative writing reference sheet.

This book makes a great mentor text for a personal narrative genre writing unit! Kids can relate to Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe and use some of the strategies she uses to revise their writing workshop stories. Read this post for mini-lesson ideas, an anchor chart, and freebie for Show, not Tell! Great for kindergarten and first grade.

Helpful hints and tricks for middle and high school teachers to teach students how to write a Personal Narratives. Includes a free writing planner and narrative writing reference sheet.

Successfully teach personal narrative writing with these 15 personal narrative mini-lessons perfect for first, second, and third grade classrooms.

The difference between personal narrative and memoir is a pretty murky area. Here's how I'm teaching my memoir unit...

Examples of mentor texts for teaching students to write engaging

Today I'm sharing one of my favourite tasks for building community in the classroom. Students are able to share an important aspect of themselves (the story of their name) with the class and with me, their teacher. Through this task we are also working on important skills, like reading comprehension, writing, and reflection. Day 1 To begin, I asked my students to write any name they wish they had on a sticky note. They then placed it in a mason jar. I read my class the story "The Name Jar"…

When I was in the classroom, I organized my writing instruction into units of study. Focusing on one unit at a time helps students become better writers. Rather than skipping around from topic to topic, students get to dig into one genre for eight weeks. This helps them truly master the skills and strategies of

These picture books that demonstrate narrative writing can be used to help older students learn to write narratives.

If you are a middle school language arts teacher and you STRUGGLE to teach narrative writing each year, READ THIS POST! I've shared my journey teaching narrative writing and how I realized it was surprisingly simple. It doesn't take all the bells and whistles and compelling prompts. Click here to read my blog and see how I bridge the gap between reading narratives and writing narratives.