Personal Narrative Unit Learning Targets



Personal Narrative Unit Learning Targets

Purpose – in this unit we will discover the writer’s craft of personal narratives. We will learn what decisions writers make in order to create an intriguing personal narrative. Then we will apply those decisions to create our own effective personal narrative.

Essential Question: What writer’s craft decisions are necessary for an effective personal narrative?

**Student Learning Targets: (check when you have mastered them)**

When reading I can…….

1. Identify/define personal narrative critical vocabulary listed below. _____

2. Explain the writer’s craft decisions that went into creating a text. _____

3. Determine voice in a text. ______

4. Identify the characteristics of an effective personal narrative. _____

5. Identify organizational devices (Cause/effect, Sequence/Chronological Order, and Compare/contrast). ______

When making writer’s craft decisions about my own personal narrative I can…..

1. Select and narrow my topic for my audience. _____

2. Communicate ideas and details in my personal narrative using an organizational plan. _____

3. Use figurative language (literary/poetic devices) in my personal narrative._____

4. Draft my personal narrative for my intended audience. _____

5. Create a catchy lead to grab my reader’s attention. _____

6. Sustain my point of view, suitable tone and voice throughout my personal narrative._____

7. Use vivid language and varied sentence structure to engage my reader. _____

8. Use transitions and paragraphing effectively. _____

9. Select appropriate supporting details by exploding the moment and adding snapshots

and discard irrelevant details. ______

10. Create an effective conclusion. _____

11. Use conferencing to help me improve my personal narrative. _____

12. Use the editing strategies of successful writers. _____

13. Publish my personal narrative by sharing my final draft with my intended audience. _____

Essential Vocabulary

Genre Literary Purpose

Narrative First Person Point-of-view

Setting Snapshots Thought shots

Dialogue Dialogue tags Suspense

Memoir Audience Flashback

Foreshadow Voice Conclusion

Focus Editing Irony

Revision Reflection

Relevant sensory details Organization

Chronological order/Sequence Cause/Effect

Comparison/Contrast Sequence

Sentence Variety Transitions

Unit Assessments

Pretest…………………………… _____

Pause Quiz #1………………. _____

Pause Quiz #2……………… _____

Post Test………………………. _____

Open Response…………….. _____

Personal Narrative……… _____

Reflection of Learning_____________________

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