Last week during Writer's Workshop, we learned how to take our small moment ideas and write them in a step-by-step way. We learned how to slow the moment down, see the "movie" in our mind, and tell true, exact details about what happened. We learned that good personal narrative writers tell lots of specific details - what they're thinking, what their hands are doing, what their face looks like, what they're feeling, what they see. Here are two examples from our Room 241 writers...
This is one of Ben's entries from last week. Boys love to write about sports, and I thought Ben did an excellent job of zooming in on the most important part of his story. I love all the exact details that he includes.
This is an example from Alaina's notebook. She did an incredible job of taking an ordinary, small moment and turning it into a beautiful piece of writing.
Students have now selected a small moment from their writer's notebook that they want to work into a published piece. We'll spend the next few weeks drafting, revising, and editing this one writing piece. This week we're learning how to use timelines, quotation marks, and effective leads as we begin drafting our stories. I can't wait to see what our students will write!
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My fifth graders are also learning about exploding the moment. I loved these two examples. I'd like permission to share them with my students. Isn't the internet cool? We can learn so much from others. I will be bookmarking your blog and checking in often. Please tell your students I'm impressed with their work.
Dollie/GA
Dollie,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. It's been a crazy week, and I haven't had time to work on our blog. We would LOVE to share our writing with your class. It is amazing how the internet allows us to learn from each other! We've been working on leads, endings, and revising the heart of our story. Hopefully we'll have some more examples up soon. We look forward to learning with you!
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