2. Writer’s Craft

3. A Good Paragraph A good paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence. A topic sentence tells the main idea of the paragraph. The other sentences give information and supporting details about the topic.

4. Features of a Personal Narrative A personal narrative tells a true story about the writer’s life. It is written from the first- person view, using words such as I, me, and my.

5. Features of a Personal Narrative Each paragraph begins with a topic sentence that tell the main idea. All the details in the paragraph tell about the topic sentence.

6. Features of a Personal Narrative It tells events in sequence. It includes the writers feelings.

7. Writer’s Checklist Focus: My writing clearly presents the main idea.

8. Writer’s Checklist Organization: My good paragraph has a topic sentence and supporting details.

9. Writer’s Checklist Support: I put in clear details that tell what happened

10. Writer’s Checklist Conventions: My sentences begin with capital letters. They end with the correct punctuation. All the words are spelled correctly.

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