Narrative WritingLife 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

KCK11W110203 –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

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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?