Writing with Webs
Authors in our classroom have been using a web to plan for personal narratives. Students here generated ideas of times they helped someone. First, we identify the topic, the major details, then minor details.
Illustrating to Write
As authors we are working to identify and describe the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative. Our second grade authors have worked hard on planning for their narrative stories using a comic strip. We are able to include our writing transition words (first, next, then, after that, last) in our stories. We are loving being illustrators while we are planning!