1. Unit 2 Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
2nd Grade Writing Unit 2 –
Small Moment Writing i Personal Narrative

2. Writers make a time line to help write their stories.
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3. Writers write about a small moment across
several pages:
A page for
beginning,
middle, and ending
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4. Writers zoom in on a small moment.
Cruise – too big
Small moment:
I saw a real lobster.
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

5. Writers choose an idea by using an idea bag or an idea list.
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6. Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers revise using small actions to stretch out the heart of a small moment
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7. Writers revise using internal thinking to stretch out a small moment
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8. Writers use dialogue to stretch out a small moment
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9. Writers revise by writing story-like setting beginnings
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10. 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
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11. Writers revise by writing a close-in-the moment ending.
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12. Writers pick a piece of writing to publish.
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13. Writers identify and then edit run on and rambling sentences.
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14. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers edit to be sure the first word in a sentence is always capitalized.
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15. Writers edit by checking their dialogue punctuation.
“This is a miracle,”
I mumbled as I peeled away each delicate petal of the daisy.
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16. Writers edit by studying words to spell them correctly.
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17. Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Writers publish. Writers use partners to help them prepare their pieces for an audience.
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18. Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative
Authors Celebrate!
Writing Unit 2 - Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative