This class will introduce the concept of a personal narrative--a true retelling of an event in a person's own life. 
Each week's lesson will include:
*A mini lesson on a grammar topic, such as parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, use of capitalization and punctuation.
*Reading and discussion of a short personal narrative.
*Practice writing detailed sentences (moving beyond I have a dog. He has brown fur. He is fun.)
*Editing practice
For homework, students will read a mentor text related to personal narratives and write a short personal narrative, to send to me in the classroom before the next meeting. (I have chosen books available on YouTube to make access to the books easier.)

Week 1: Choosing a narrow topic, Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon
Week 2: Organizing events in a story, Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Week 3: Describing movement and dialogue, Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning
Week 4: Revision and Editing, publishing your best work

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