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__**Step-by-Step Process for Personal Narrative Lesson Plan using book, //Out of My Mind//**__

Background information- The classroom teacher has very recently finished reading the book, Out of My Mind, aloud to her students, during which she led discussions about the negative actions of Melody’s classmates and teacher, and the character traits of sympathy and kindness which should have been expressed to Melody instead. The class has already learned about writing a personal narrative. The teacher has just assigned a “secret” page number to each student.

1. (8 minutes) The School Librarian will explain the type of personal narrative they will be writing today (see “on the wiki” below or go to the actual wiki site), teach them how to use the wiki, model what the students are to do on the wiki, and answer any questions.

2. (20 minutes) The students are then to go to the wiki site, review the written directions and example if they need to, and then begin writing their personal narrative. When they are finished, they will raise their hand for one of the adults to check their work to see if they followed directions. If so, they will be told to go to the home page and read silently until most of the class is done.

3. (2 minutes) Students will be told to stop writing and reading. The School Librarian will explain and model how they will now respond to their classmates personal narratives with short comments that express positive character traits, like sympathy and kindness.

4. (10 minutes) The students will respond to their classmates.

5. (3 minutes) Students will be told to stop writing, go to their page, and read the comments their classmates wrote about their personal narrative.

6. (7 minutes) Last, students will stop working, close the wiki, turn off the laptop. Both adults will take turns asking questions that will lead to a class discussion of how doing this assignment affected them or changed their thinking in some way.