WORKING WITH WRITING PARTNERS

• Today you are going to work with your writing partners and share you introduction/hook for you personal narrative draft you have been working on.

• If you are working on your own pace and you will not be in live class to work with a writing partner, please do this activity with a parent or family member so that another set of eyes is on your writing.

• Sharing our work is the best way to improve our work!

The Rubric for your Personal Narrative- This is the

checklist of things that you will need to have in your final copy of your personal narrative

- Today we are focusing on the intro and the hook…

WORKING WITH A PARTNER NOTES

• In this mini lesson you will take notes in your writer’s notebook on working with partners.

• Use your notes to help you when working with your partner today.• Jot downs things that you can use to help you chat and collaborate with

your writing partner.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A WRITING PARTNER?

• For you to share your work with another living being.• For you to hear your work a loud.• For partners to give constructive feedback.• For writer’s to accept constructive feedback.• To collaborate together and come up with a plan to increase the quality of

your writing.• To learn from eachother.

CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK

When working in partners you should always have these three

areas that you talk about. ALWAYS include a compliment!

No matter how many SUGGESTIONS ( not demands)

for improvement you have.

PARTNER NORMS

WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?

DO AND DON’T

NOW IT IS TIME• Now you will meet with your writing partners and share the work you

have done on your introduction.• 1. Introduce yourself• 2. Tell what small moment you decided to write about and why.• 3. Share at least your introduction with your partner (more if you wish).• 4. Listen as your partner gives you a compliment and a suggestion.• 5. Get ready to listen to your partner and their writing.• 6. When you are finished, you will complete a partner review assignment

where you will share who your partner was, what their small moment idea was, what you complimented them on and what suggestions you gave to them. If you are working with someone from home as your partner, you will answer theses questions with how your partner complimented you and what suggestions they gave you for your introduction