Narrative Memoirs: E.E.K.K.!!!

As we continue to work on our memoirs, we are proud of the way you have embraced the idea of making your ideas better through the writing of several drafts.  Many students began to notice that their rough draft was looking like a "sloppy copy" by the end of the week, as we continued to add more and more detail.  We also did a check to see if we were following the rules of writing (i.e. using appropriate capitalization and punctuation).  In many situations, being sloppy is a bad thing.  The messier your room is, the more unhappy your parents will become. But in writing, having a "sloppy copy," like the example pictured, is a good thing. It means you're thinking about how you can make your writing better, more clear, more detailed, and more grammatically correct.

Some of us can make changes to our writing and update our "sloppy copies" all on our own, but most writers need feedback.  We learned how to get feedback from peer partners by E.E.K.K.-ing!!!  Have you told your family about your eye-to-eye, knee-to-knee peer conference?  Have you thought about the compliment and suggestion your partner gave you?  Do you agree with their feedback?  Why or why not?  Check out these students getting feedback.

We will continue to E.E.K.K. with our partner this week, as we move toward publishing our narrative memoir.  Check out our rubric below.  This is our guide in ensuring our writing moves toward meeting third grade expectations! 

Nonfiction Narrative/Memoir Rubric

Narrative Element	Description of Narrative Element
Title & Focus	Related title is used and moment of overcoming a fear is mentioned
Engaging Beginning	Characters and setting have been introduced in an engaging manner
Story Structure & Sequence of Events	Beginning, Middle, and End that follows a chronological sequence of events
Details	True, exact details are used to create a picture in the mind of the reader
Closing	Ending wraps it up and reflects on lesson learned using an engaging format
Editing: C.U.P.S.	Corrections have been made to a 3rdgrade standard in capitalization, awkward wording, punctuation, and spelling

Author’s Comments: 

I am proud of_________________________________

I need to work on______________________________