1. Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Unit 2
Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

2. Writers make a time line to help write their stories.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

3. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Write about a small moment across several pages: A page for beginning, middle, and ending
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

4. Writers zoom in on a small moment
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

5. Writers use dialogue to stretch out a small moment
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

6. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers revise using small actions to stretch out the heart of a small moment
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

7. Writers revise using internal thinking to stretch out a small moment
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

8. Revising by writing story-like setting beginnings
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

9. A Story-Like Setting Beginning Might Include:
When the story takes place.
- The time of day: On a summer evening.
- The month: Early September
- The time of year: Late last winter.
Where the story takes place.
- In my backyard
- At the beach
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

10. Writers Revise by writing a close-in the moment ending.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

11. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers make endings that are effective because they stay within the moment being written about.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

12. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers edit to be sure the first word in a sentence is always capitalized.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

13. Writers identify and then edit run on and rambling sentences.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

14. Writers edit by checking their dialogue punctuation.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

15. Writers edit by checking the spelling of their words.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

16. Writers practice a final revision by sharing with a partner.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

17. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers pick
a story to publish.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

18. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Authors’ Celebration!
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative