Organize the details. Tell what happened first, next, and last. Explain a lesson they learned. Share if they learned something or changed in some way during the story. Once students have started writing their individual narrative essays, teachers can circulate around the room, meeting with students at their desks for brief conferences.
Teachers can encourage the students to extend, elaborate, and clarify their ideas.
They can question the connections if they are not immediately clear. When students complete their drafts, teachers may encourage students to look back over their papers to check the grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Time needs to be allowed for students to complete their final drafts.