3rd and My Rotten Personal Character development through description and dialogue, internal up Redheaded Older Narrative/ dialogue, scenes, reflection, long slow ending Brother memoir Patricia Polacco 4th and Come On, Rain Personal story Small moment, setting description, vivid verbs, verbs used as up Karen Hesse Narrative adjectives, present tense, pacing- slow to fast to slow, dialogue and actions to develop character, show not tell 5th and Miz Berlin Walks Personal Story within a story Character description, simile, dialect in dialogue, internal dialogue, up Jane Yolen Narrative story within a story structure, circle ending (NOTE: see CC Appendix C for the 8th grade narrative writing sample that apparently used Miz Berlin as a mentor text) Title, author Genre Structure Use to teach Writer’s Craft such as (a partial list):
3rd and up My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Patricia Polacco Personal Narrative/ memoir Character development through description and dialogue, internal dialogue, scenes, reflection, long slow ending 4th and up Come On, Rain Karen Hesse Personal Narrative story Small moment, setting description, vivid verbs, verbs used as adjectives, present tense, pacing- slow to fast to slow, dialogue and actions to develop character, show not tell 5th and up Miz Berlin Walks Jane Yolen Personal Narrative Story within a story Character description, simile, dialect in dialogue, internal dialogue, story within a story structure, circle ending (NOTE: see CC Appendix C for the 8th grade narrative writing sample that apparently used Miz Berlin as a mentor text) Title, author Genre Structure Use to teach Writer’s Craft such as (a partial list):