Do It Write the First Time

This lesson includes a model text as well as some activities that can lead to great discussion. It incorporates both reading and writing. It also asks students to review key elements of Personal Narrative and provides them the opportunity to mimic some of those great sentences. The guiding question of this lesson is: What makes this excerpt a great Personal Narrative and how can I make my writing look more like this? Overview: - An excerpt from "A Summer Life" by Gary Soto (Also known as "T