NARRATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

This workshop is geared for any teacher responsible for teaching narrative writing with a focus on grades 2-7. Understand the key characteristics of narrative writing as well as a proven, practical, research-based methodology that works in the real world of the classroom!

Come away with specific lesson plans with clear objectives that empower you to:

• understand the characteristics of a range of narrative types of stories:  character/problem/solution, personal experience, imaginative, realistic fiction

• explore the reading-writing connection

• learn specific strategies for writing entertaining beginnings

• write relevant, vivid elaborative detail

• build suspense

• develop fully-elaborated main events

• craft satisfying extended story endings

• receive powerful exemplars of narrative writing for classroom use

• address the personal experience narrative

• ACES Hamden, CT
  April 3

• Lewisville, TX
  February 16