First Grade Personal Narrative Writing Lessons {1st Grade Writing Workshop Unit 2}

  This 5 week unit will help you teach your students personal narrative writing! The lessons are designed to be taught toward the beginning or middle of the year but can be used anytime you want to teach students how to write personal narratives.In this unit, students will learn how to:- Plan and write a personal narrative on a single, focused topic- Create a strong beginning and ending- Add details to their writing to show what characters did, felt, and said- Use temporal words to show the order of events and passage of time- Correctly use writing conventions (spaces, capital letters, periods, spelling)- Revise and edit independently and with a partnerThis unit includes:- 26 detailed minilessons that will last a little over 5 weeks- Daily language arts/grammar exercises that complement the minilessons- Clear unit goals, daily objectives, and Common Core alignment- Posters, visual aids, and materials to go with the minilessons (all color materials also have black and white versions inc