By Emily Kissner. This is a unit that includes everything you need to help students write interesting personal narratives. From the writing prompt to the organizer to the samples, this unit has what you need to go beyond simply teaching rules and into talking about what makes good writing. You'll find prewriting ideas, four sample narratives, a scoring activity, a classroom-tested organizer, a way to introduce peer response, revising and editing checklists, and a student-friendly rubric. If you are teaching personal narratives, these resources are what you need!
I am going to use some of the ideas soon. Thank you.
September 18, 2011
Great way to present this information, Emily! You should add your TpT store website to the last page. I get many return customers doing that. :)
September 6, 2010
Okay, this is fantastic! It is an absolutely brilliant way to teach narrative writing and peer feedback. So detailed, thorough, and well organized. Very smart to make the free product this great, because we're all inspired to look for Emily's other stuff. Thank you!
September 6, 2010
This is a very usable and well planned lesson. I especially liked the rubrics. These worksheets will become part of my personal narrative unit. Thanks!
September 6, 2010
I really like the progression of your unit. I know that it says that it is for upper grades, but I can really see the possiblity of using it with my focus 3rd graders. Thank you so much.
September 6, 2010
Amazing-I wish I had had this this last year. I will certainly will use it this year and share with my fellow teachers. Thanks for sharing with us.
June 11, 2009
Anything by Emily Kissner is top quality. Thanks for sharing your hard work.
April 26, 2009
Very thoughtful, practical, and, most importantly, useful! Thanks for sharing your ideas! I will use this in my 8th grade English classes.
September 24, 2008
Help
I teach third grade. Do you think this would work for that grade or is pretty adaptable?
November 21, 2011
That's a great question! I'd love to send you some parts of the unit so that you can see more of what it's like and make that decision for your own students. Write to me at elkissn@yahoo.com or reply with an email address. Thanks!
November 21, 2011
I'm the author of two books for Heinemann: Summarizing, Paraphrasing,and Retelling, and The Forest AND the Trees: Helping Readings Identify Important Details in Texts and Tests. Both books help teachers to figure out and meet the needs of their students.
