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Personal Narratives: Writing, Revising, and Publishing (WRAP) Unit PlanPersonal Narratives: Writing, Revising, and Publishing (WRAP) Unit Plan
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University of Houston
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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1 mo 12 days
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Personal Narratives: Writing, Revising, and Publishing (WRAP)

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Writing is a process, and lesson planning is, too! A personal narrative unit stresses the writing process to pupils, who first examine various stories and poems as a model of autobiographical writing and then write their own stories. Vocabulary is also interwoven into the unit, complete with a selection of graphic organizers to help scaffold vocabulary development and narratives.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

Narrative Writing, Vocabulary, Word Walls, personal narrative writing, personal narratives

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Publish writers' stories at storybird.com so they have a copy for family and friends
  • Consider inviting a writer to speak to your students about a memoir or biographical work they published 

Classroom Considerations

  • The lesson encourages teachers to have a word wall in the classroom
  • Scholars are writing in three different notebooks; make sure they have the materials needed for the lesson

Pros

  • Includes evidence-based vocabulary strategies, such as word walls, self-selected words, and Frayer models
  • Lesson comes with graphic organizers to help learners frame their writing
  • Rubric aids teachers in assessing narratives

Cons

  • Lists supplemental texts, but they are not included with unit

Common Core

W.6.3.a W.7.3.a L.6.3.a L.6.4.a L.7.3.a L.8.3.a

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