Narrative Writing Life acquires meaning in the telling
Professional Learning on Narrative Writing Objectives – Teachers will: Practice and review how to align the standard, objective, lesson, and focus question Explore components of Narrative Writing Engage in the use of Graphic Organizers to augment the Narrative Writing experience
Session Description We will address the standard, an example objective, and focus questions We will address what an actual lesson could look like We will briefly reflect We will provide a peer edit work sheet
Narrative Writing/Indicators THE STANDARD KCK11W –Write narratives to develop real or imaginary experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences.
Narrative writing beyond the standard Why do we ask kids to write narratives?
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott “For me and most other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts” (p 22).
Faulkner’s Map
Tools for Exploration
Reflection Would this strategy, or something similar, assist in getting kids to find meaning in narrative writing? Once this introductory piece is complete, how might you build on this writing piece to move it beyond a shitty first draft?