Materials:

• Narrative Writing Packet (the same packet is used for all Personal Narrative lessons), blank paper, or writing/drawing app
• Story – My New Scooter
• Packet Examples

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 second half of page on Coming up with good story ideas.

Another way to generate ideas for writing personal narratives is thinking about times that we had strong emotions. Emotions can make experiences more memorable.

• Read My New Scooter and think about the following questions.
  • What strong emotion did the author have?
  • Does this emotion remind me of an experience that gave me a similar feeling?
• Next to each of the emotions on the Story Ideas page in the Personal Narrative Packet, write about an experience when you had that feeling.

• Complete the division packet by the end of the week
• Collect a group of objects and divide them into equal groups each day of the week. Email a poster, picture of objects, or video of it to me. Try dividing the following numbers into equal groups and we can share our strategies on Friday.
  • Monday – 12
  • Tuesday – 24
  • Wednesday – 36
  • Thursday – 40
  • Friday – 56

Hello Agents,

I hope you had a restful weekend and a chance to catch up. I have an updated Assignment Checklist with daily practice and all assignments that need to be submitted. Please check it out if you aren’t sure what to do or how to start your day. Here is what we are doing this week:

Math

• Complete the division packet by the end of the week.
• Collect a group of objects and divide them into equal groups each day of the week. Email a poster, picture of objects, or video of it to me. Try dividing the following numbers into equal groups and we can share our strategies on Friday.
  • Monday – 12
  • Tuesday – 24
  • Wednesday – 36
  • Thursday -40
  • Friday -56

Writing

• Monday – Personal Narratives – Generating Ideas Part 2
  • Finish the story ideas page or make a poster of the following emotions and write about a time when you felt that way
  • Nervous, Sad, Angry, Scared, Happy
• Tuesday – Personal Narratives – Narrowing a Topic
  • Complete the chart to narrow down the topics that you wrote about in the lessons on generating ideas.
• Wednesday to Thursday – Personal Narratives – Rehearsal and Drafting
  • Pick one of your topics and tell the story to someone.
  • Write your story, making sure to focus on where you narrowed it down.
• Friday – Share your story and make personal goals
  • Share your story with someone.
  • Look over the rubric and choose three areas that you would  like to improve in.

Please be aware that some students are having difficulty keeping up and some students are finishing quickly. If you’re behind, that’s OK. Let me know what difficulties you’re having and we can make adaptations. If you’re getting done and looking for more, please explore the extra activities and links on the online learning resources page and tell me if you there is something else you would like to learn about.

Good luck out there agents!