Telling or retelling stories in sequence. Folktales from Louisiana . Identifying key differences of various genres. Students collect others' personal experience narratives and reflect on why they are told over and over. Analyzing the effects of an author's purpose and point of view.
Students compare personal experience narratives from various sources.
Classifying various genres according to their unique characteristics. If your students will be doing fieldwork, you may need digital or 35-mm cameras, video recorders, tape recorders, or notepads and pencils as well as appropriate fieldwork forms. Print out and duplicate any worksheets or rubrics that you will be using. Print out and duplicate any worksheets or rubrics that you will be using. Self-editing of story retelling with the Personal Experience Narrative Checklist 2.