Patricia Polacco, goddess of the personal narrative, wrote Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare. It is the perfect story for grade 5 students to read as an example of a great personal narrative.
The story is about one small moment, but includes a beginning- how the dare started, a middle -what they had to do for the dare, and an end- how the dare ended up.
Polacco's opener 'hooks' the reader and makes them question -why does Trisha not get along with Richie?
The author even allows for a mini-lesson on why the event is special to her- she and her brother still use the nicknames they coined during the dare.
Students mapped out the narrative using a graphic organizer. Then we went back and looked for all those juicy words. Polacco is great at not using the word "said".
The story even involves Canada's beloved sport, hockey.
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