1. Do Now Thursday October 10, 2013 Personal Narrative Day 4: "Let's Get Organized!" You have 3 minutes to draw your mnemonic symbol on the paper provided. Please do not put your name on the paper. Please take out your Wrap-up from yesterday.

2. Today's Objectives use graphic organizers to visualize and create an outline for our personal narratives. participate in individual writing conferences and/or write independently.

3. You will be able to choose one of two graphic organizers to use.

6. Let's try it! Choose your graphic organizer Map out your selected snapshot *I'll be around to see how you are doing and provide help.

7. Writers at Work! Task at hand: Drafting Personal Narratives

8. Answer the following question: Did the graphic organizer help you as a writer today? Why or why not? Make sure all of your work from today is dated and placed in your writing folder. Tomorrow we will develop the characters and events in our personal narratives by incorporating relevant words and phrases through dialogue. Wrap it up!