Personal Narrative Writing Unit Lessons Slides and Printables for First Grade

Are you looking for lessons to guide you in teaching your students how to write a personal narrative? Writer's workshop is the perfect way to incorporate ELA standards while teaching your students to become amazing authors and story tellers.

These personal narrative writing lessons slides will guide you through teaching your students how to write personal narratives about small moments in their life. These slides will motivate and engage your students by giving them an understanding of each concept and engaging them in writing skill practice.

(Please note that these slides are downloadable as a powerpoint presentation only. The file is too large to be uploaded to google slides in its entirety.)

This resource also includes printable resources that can be added to writing journals or used for extra writing skill practice as a whole group or in literacy centers.

The specific mini-lessons included in this resource are:

Let's Write a Personal Narrative

Let's Brainstorm!

What is a Sentence?

Spacing and Neatness

Drawing a Picture for Writing

Zooming In (on a small moment)

Let's Plan!

Writing an Introduction

Writing Details

Using Transition Words

Writing a Conclusion

Adding Labels

Adding Dialogue

Adding Thought and Speech Bubbles

Types of Punctuation

Writing a Draft

Revising

Editing

Peer Editing

Publishing

The Writing Process

Using a Writing Checklist

Evaluating Writing with a Rubric

Writing Conferences

Writing Celebration

Author's Chair

The printables included in this resource are:

What can I write about? - list of topic ideas

Personal Narrative Brainstorming Sheet (and example page)

Is it a Sentence? - practice page

Fix It Up Sentences - 2 practice pages

When do I add a Capital?

Types of Punctuation

Punctuation Practice - 2 practice pages

Sketching Practice - 3 practice pages

Zooming In- Small Moment Brainstorming Page

Personal Narrative Drafting Organizers - 3 options

Personal Narrative Journal Cover

Writing Cover Page

Journal Writing Pages - with primary and regular writing lines

Book Writing Pages - with primary and regular writing lines

Types of Hook Sentences

Hook Writing Practice - 6 organizers with main topic (students write different hook options)

Describing a Character Organizer

Feeling Words

Describe a Setting - 5 organizers for practice describing a setting

Vivid Verbs

Describing Adjectives

Transition Word List

Types of Conclusions

Labeling Practice - 4 practice pages

Writing Checklist

Peer Editing Checklist

My Writing Goals- Conference Sheet

The Writing Process

Writing Process Tracker (Student Tracker)

Writing Process Tracker (Teacher Tracker)

Personal Narrative Student Rubric

Personal Narrative Compliments Sheet (for writing celebration)

This download comes as a ZIP file. Please unzip the folder to access the files inside.