Dear Friends: As of Fall 2004 the Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project has been discontinued. This website will be maintained for a time on a limited basis for informational purposes and so that you are able to access the resources provided. All the best to you in your teaching. Thursday, June 12, 2003 GPAWP 2003 Summer Institute Web Diary "Personal Narrative - My Holiday Memory"

Debra LaPlante Carol G. Peck Elementary School Glendale, AZ Presentation Title: "Personal Narrative - My Holiday Memory" Grade Level(s): 3-8 Book(s) used: Rocking Horse Christmas by Mary Pope Osborne Other Resources: Story Web [PDF] 66.6KB Presentation Description: Objectives: *Students will brainstorm a list of holidays that bring back a strong memory. *Students will take one strong memory and write a short, personal narrative. *Students will be introduced to looking for word choice to strengthen the narrative. Students brainstorm a list of holidays or personal family celebrations to revive a strong memory. Using Mary Pope Osborne's Rocking Horse Christmas as a starter story, students will complete a shared practice web to review the story details. The independent practice will be to complete a story web of the student's personal memory. LDecember 8, 2005 the teacher's story is started in class for the first paragraph. Students then use independent practice to work on their stories. A Later activity reviews word choice with the Osborne book and overhead of: words (what we speak), pictures (what the words create in our minds), and feelings (generated by the pictures). This activity is completed over a series of sessions. Note: If you don't see a Navigation Bar on this page, please click here, then click on GPAWP Summer Diary to get back to this page. Back to Web Diary Updated: March 30, 2005