UNIT 1
Crafting True Stories

BEND I ♦ Writing Personal Narratives with Independence

Session 1 – Starting the Writing Workshop: Visualizing Possibilities
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grade 2
Sample Notebook Entries
Chart: What Third-Grade Notebook Writers…

Session 3 – Drawing on a Repertoire of Strategies: Writing with Independence
Chart: Finding Ideas for True Stories
Chart: The Hard Parts of Writing
Chart: When I Run Out of Gas as a Writer, I Can…

Session 4 – Writers Use a Storyteller's Voice. They Tell Stories, Not Summaries.
Chart: A Storyteller's Voice Shows, Not Tells. It…

Session 5 – Taking Stock: Pausing to Ask, "How Am I Doing?"
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 3 and 4

Session 6 – Editing as We Go: Making Sure Others Can Read Our Writing
Sample Letter to Parents
Personal Word Wall
Bookmark: Quick Words to Check

BEND II ♦ Becoming a Storyteller on the Page

Session 9 – Revising by Studying What Other Authors Have Done
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 3 and 4

Session 11 – Paragraphing to Support Sequencing, Dialogue, and Elaboration
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 3 and 4
Chart: When to Start a New Paragraph

BEND III ♦ Writing with New Independence on a Second Piece

Session 12 – Becoming One's Own Captain: Starting a Second Piece, Working
with New Independence
Checklist: To Write a True Story: Monitoring My Process

Session 14 – Drafting: Writing from Inside a Memory
Checklist: To Write a True Story: Monitoring My Process
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 3 and 4

Session 16 – Commas and Quotation Marks: Punctuating Dialogue
Chart: Look How Hesse Punctuates Quotes. She…

BEND IV ♦ Fixing Up and Fancying Up Our Best Work: Revision
and Editing

Session 17 – Writers Revise in Big, Important Ways
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 3 and 4

Session 19 – Using Editing Checklists
Editing Checklist

Session 20 – Publishing: A Writing Community Celebrates
FIG. 20–1 Miles's final draft
FIG. 20–2 Olivia's final draft
FIG. 20–3 Felix's final draft
FIG. 20–4 Gregory's final draft