Getting to Know you Writing lesson

Day 1:

• Read the story “The Day You Begin”
• Ask students what they learned from the story.
• Allow for conversations to go towards how members of the class are similar and unique.
• Break students into partnerships.
• Allow students to fill out a Venn diagram showing similarities and differences between members of the group.
• The students will share this information with the class as a “get to know you activity.”

 
Day 2:

• Students will be given the task to write a narrative piece on who they are as a student, learner, human, or friend.
• They should try their best on the writing and discuss events or times that allowed them to become who they are today.

 
Days 3-4

• Allow students to continue writing.
• Confer with students about their writing. (this activity allows you to see their writing abilities as well as learn about them as people).

 
Day 5

• Allow students to create the “I Am” board.
• This can be a bulletin board, on a wall, or any space in the classroom.
• Students will be given pieces of paper where they can write who they are. (ex. I am athletic. I am smart. I am kind)

Read the final pieces of the narrative wiritng samples. Use the rubric provided. Since this is just a way to see where students stand as writers, the writing is not based on skill level but more effort based.