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Unit 1 Personal Narratives

Unit Stories Include: A Good Lie; Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family, When I Was Puerto Rican, A Girl from Yamhill, Small Steps-The Year I Got Polio

Skills Addressed:

Lesson 1 Introduction to Personal Narratives

Lesson 2 Character Traits

Lesson 3 Cause and Effect

Lesson 4 Sensory Details

Lesson 5 Cooking Up Memories

Lesson 6 Dialogue

Lesson 7 Chronology and Transition Words

Lesson 8 Supporting Sentences

Lesson 9 Action!

Lesson 10 Similes and Metaphors

Lesson 11 Using Detail In Writing

Lesson 12 It's All in the Details

Lesson 13 Conclusions: Finishing Strong

Lesson 14 Revising Personal Narratives

Lesson 15 Sharing Your Work

Personal Narrative Extensions

These are not for a grade. These are just an opportunity. If students are interested in working on one of the 3 extensions, you may wish to copy the documents below. Students may pick and choose from the numbered components. They do not need to complete each component. Students may also choose to do different components from the different extensions.