3. Introductions and Writing Into the Morning/Afternoon
Which aspects of idea development do you find easiest when teaching narrative writing? Which are most challenging?

4. Digging Deeper Into Ideas Trait
Narrative Writing Standards for 5th Grade:
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.a Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.c Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.d Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Narrative Writing Standards for 6th Grade:
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.a Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.c Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.d Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

5. 5 Elements of Effective Idea Development
Main ideas
Details and support
Thinking/reasoning
Evidence selection and acknowledgement
Awareness/engagem ent of the reader

6. Sharing What Has Worked
What instructional strategies have worked to engage students in deeper thinking about ideas?

7. Preparation for Classroom and Conferencing with Students
Miss Alaineus
Read/Model/Write/Share
Prompt: Have you ever misheard a word and then misused it? Have you ever been embarrased in front of your classmates? Or in front of a different crowd? Were you able to turn this into something positive, or do you still turn red and squirm at the thought of it?
Personal experience and conflict can lead to livelier writing.
Hearing other student and teacher ideas can generate ideas for students
Copy papers to use during assessment piece that will follow. Document camera or Genius scan.

8. Learning to Respond ~From Wondrous Words by Katie Wood Ray “Students don't need me to sing them my empty praises. The need me to them what moves me when I read what they have written...”
Connect the student's writing to the writing of another author
Comment specifically on craft, quoting phrases and words that are striking
Name for the student something I see him or her doing with the writing
Make a comment about how the piece fits into the body of the student's work over time
Mention the parts that really sound good to me, quoting actual parts of the writing
Tell the student what the writing makes them think about, remember.
Share what I may have learned from the content of the piece.
Share questions that the writing raised for me

9. Link to Rubric

10. Miss Alaineus My List of Times I Messed Up a Word/ Embarrassing Experiences
Words: Corral/coral Pale Eddy
“Prancing with Wolves”
Experiences: My stubborn pony, Getting sent to the principal's bench, My mother's haircuts/home perms, my father's flatbed truck, Tripping on the carpet, Repeating a story and watching the listener trying to be polite, My dress tucked into my tights in front of an 8th grade class.

11. My Stubborn Pony Excerpt