Personal Narrative Writing Lessons & Teaching Slides for 1st Grade

By the end of this 3-week unit, students will have completed and published their first writing piece in your classroom! Please note there are only 14 days in this unit allowing for a flex day to add or extend a lesson as needed!

The core lessons included in the personal narratives unit are:

1. We will identify the parts of a personal narrative
2. We will identify the parts needed in the beginning of a personal narrative
3. We will put a personal narrative in order using transition words
4. We will plan a personal narrative together
5. We will write a personal narrative together
6. We will identify moments in our life to write about
7. We will plan our stories by saying & sketching
8. We will write a narrative using our plan
9. We will add character details
10. We will add character thoughts and feelings
11. We will add background details
12. We will add captivating illustrations
13. We will edit our work
14. We will publish our work

*All anchor chart examples and printables are linked and included within this document.*

I’ve also included the following bonus mini-lesson ideas in case your students need more explicit lessons on any of these:

• creating shared experiences
• Froggy Author study by Jonathon London:
• Ellipses
• sound effects
• ALL CAPS
• Strong ways to end our stories
• Rubric for grading

Please note: These lessons are already included in the SJT Writing Club.