Personal Narrative Task Cards

Task Cards can be used in a variety of ways! Task Cards can be used as a review of ELA skills and strategies, part of literacy centres or stations, or whole group activities.

I created the Personal Narrative Task Cards will help students reflect on their writing to ensure it is rich in details, develops story structure, and provides readers with a valuable lesson or insight. The Task Cards ask the students to reflect on their narrative drafts, examine mentor texts, and incorporate peers' feedback to enrich their craft.

My students like task cards because the activity allows choice. I have outlined four ways the Task Cards can be used in the classroom:

1. Whole Group Activity - Place a task card on the document camera to facilitate discussion. Whiteboards can be used as a recording device.
2. Centres or Stations - Print and laminate the cards. Allows students to choose a card of interest.
3. Pair Work - Students work collaboratively to respond to a task card. The pairs can discuss their answers together.
4. Exit Slip - Students take a card and respond. Their response serves as an informal assessment of conceptual understandings.

My Personal Narrative Task Cards examine the following narrative elements:

• Setting and Leads - Cards 1-4
• Story Structure - Cards 5-8
• Characterization - Cards 9-12
• Theme and Endings - Cards 12 - 16

My Personal Narrative Task Cards resource also includes:

• Suggested ways to use the Task Cards in the classroom
• Tenets of narrative writing
• 16 Task Cards (which can be printed in colour or black and white)
• Student Recording Sheet