"Small moments" can be either fiction or non-fiction, but are simply highly
detailed narrative descriptions of single events - just a moment in time.
Take a look at this link to Lucy Calkins on this topic:
http://books.heinemann.com/Shared/onlineresources/E00604/SmallMomentsSession1.pdf
Hope it will help to clarify.
Carol Mc
Reading/ESL Specialist
NY
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>I would say small moments are in the non fiction genre, like memoirs. They
>need to be true stories from your life. That is a huge part of what makes a
>story classified as a small moment.
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>From: "Margaret Jones" <margie...@email.com>
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>That's exactly the situation which is causing me confusion. I thought the
>Small Moments children wrote during Writers Workshop and which were then
>published would be considered Realistic Fiction, and therefore, fiction. Can
>anyone else weigh in to please help me understand this? Thanks!
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Janie Rodriguez
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>Hi, According to Lucy Calkins ,"Personal Narratives are chronological stories
>about one's life." They contain characters, the central character will be the
>author. Personal Narratives are focused stories about one moment. Personal
>Narratives are a genre of their own. They should be real stories that happened
>to the writer. Personally, I would not categorize them as Fiction or
>Non-Fiction. When students write fiction stories that may have happened then I
>think we call those "Realistic Fiction" stories. I hope this helps. Janie
>Rodriguez Writing Specialist Valley Hi Elementary "Writing is Individual, we
>must draw from all we know, and feel in order to create something beautiful."
>(Heard;Calkins)
> margie...@email.com 10/13/2011 5:57 am >>> Hi All, I have no formal schooling
>in Readers or Writers Workshop but I understand Small Moments to mean Personal
>Narrative Writing. What I don't understand is, is it considered fiction or
>nonfiction, or could it be either? What do you think? Thanks! Margie Jones,
>MLS Media Specialist South Street School 129 South Street Danbury, CT 06482
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>Media Specialist
>South Street School
>129 South Street
>Danbury, CT 06482
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