Dear second grade family,
Our class just started a Writer’s Workshop unit on Personal
Narratives. A personal narrative is a
story about an actual incident in the writer’s life told in the first person
point of view. During this unit we will
read and analyze published personal narratives (as examples), and your child
will have the opportunity to brainstorm, draft, revise and edit, and publish
his/her own personal narrative.
This is an exciting unit for the children, as they get to
explore their own real life experiences to learn how writers draw on their own
experiences.
For example, I may choose to write about my experience of
learning to ride a bike. I could bring a photograph of me riding my bike.
The children have brainstormed ideas at school, and narrowed
down their idea to one to write about.
It is listed at the top of the attached page. Please help your child think of some details
about the event he/she chose (you can help your child write if you wish), and
if you have a photograph, you can attach that as well. If it’s
easiest to email me a digital copy of the picture, that is great - just send it
to kbell@mphawks.org. The picture
will serve as inspiration when writing AND we can include it in the story as an
illustration. :)
Thanks so much for your help. Please return the attached sheet (and
photo, if possible) by Friday, October 13th.
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