Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

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Unit 2

• Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

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• Writers make a time line to help write their
  stories.

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• Write about a small moment
  across several pages A page for beginning,
  middle, and ending

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• Writers zoom in on a small moment

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• Writers use dialogue to stretch out a small moment

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• Writers revise using small actions to stretch
  out the heart of a small moment

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• Writers revise using internal thinking to stretch
  out a small moment

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• Revising by writing story-like setting beginnings

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• 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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• Writers Revise by writing a close-in the moment
  ending.

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• Writers make endings that are effective because
  they stay within the moment being written about.

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• Writers edit to be sure the first word in a
  sentence is always capitalized.

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• Writers identify and then edit run on
  and rambling sentences.

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• Writers edit by checking their dialogue
  punctuation.

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• Writers edit by checking the spelling of their
  words.

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• Writers practice a final revision by
  sharing with a partner.

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• Writers pick
• a story to publish.

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• Authors Celebration!