Materials:

• Narrative Writing Packet, blank paper, or writing/drawing app
• Story – Blackberry Picking with Grammy

Note: if you don’t want to print off the packet, you can find a PDF marking tool or simply redraw the page however you want, like a poster. Otherwise, complete this activity on the first half of page on Coming up with good story ideas.

Have you ever had a hard time thinking of something to write about? We’re going to learn ways to find ideas for stories.

• Read Blackberry Picking with Grammy
  • Notice how the author wrote about a person that is important to her.
  • She didn’t write everything about her Grammy. She wrote many details about one memory.
• Draw a circle and write the name of someone important to you in the middle.
• Write activities that you have done with that person and draw a line to them from the circle.
• Try telling someone a story about one of the activities you wrote, and see if you remember enough details to keep them interested.

Good Evening Agents,

I would like to experiment with group meetings tomorrow. Many of you have completed your graphs and some could probably use some help with examples and feedback on how to complete their graphing project. Let’s meet tomorrow to have group discussions.

Check the meeting schedule to see what group you are in and when your group is meeting. This is completely optional, and I’m sure we will have some technical issues to work out.

When you are ready to join, click on this link:

Mr. Wolfsen’s Zoom Meeting Room

If you would like to join us, please click on the link ahead of time. It will prompt you to download the app on your phone or computer and then send you into a waiting room where you can test out your audio and video.

Hello Agents,

For today’s writing assignment, we are going to learn about what a personal narrative is, how to identify one, and practice coming up with examples.

1. Read the following story and ask yourself these questions:
   1. Who is the story about? (Check the pronouns. Do you see he/she/they or I/we?)
   2. Is this story fiction or non-fiction?
2. Read the following task cards and determine if they are personal narratives or not.
   1. Read through as many as you need to be comfortable with identifying personal narratives.
   2. Ask someone to help make sure you correctly identified true stories about yourself as personal narratives.
3. Fill out the first page of the student Personal Narrative Packet, which we will be using throughout this unit.
   1. Look at this anchor chart for an example of how to fill it out.