Today we celebrated the end of our first unit of study in writing: Personal Narrative. For this celebration, kids were paired up with a buddy and their stufty guests to take turns reading their own book to their buddy and then listening to their buddy's story and giving them some encouraging feedback on their writing.
Over the course of many weeks, students have been taking seed ideas from their own real life experiences and weaving them into written books. As they have written more and more, they have built their stamina for writing more and also tried out strategies to elaborate their narratives.
Some of the craft moves we have been learning include:
- Spreading a story out across pages
- Bringing our characters to life with talking, action, thinking or feelings
- Starting our stories off with a strong lead to grab our reader's attention and finishing with a closing (other than "The End") to say goodbye to our readers
- Incorporating moves made by some of our mentor authors like powerful word choice, stretching out the "hot spot" of our stories, and making our descriptions richer with comparisons
Writing is a process that will continue to grow and improve for your child the more they practice and the more they write.
Enjoy the pictures below of buddies proudly and enthusiastically sharing their stories!
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