Personal Narrative

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Personal Narrative

• Due Friday, January 14 3pm

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Topics Brainstorm

• Your high points
• In school achievements
• Personal achievements
• Your low points
• In school events
• Personal events

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Dig Deeper

• Think of stories behind each of the items that
  you have recorded.
• A) Something emotional (funny, sad, bittersweet)
• B) Something from childhood
• C) Something from adolescence

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Drafting

• Prompt Write a narrative about a high point or a
  low point of your life
• It must contain narrative elements setting,
  characters, plot, dialogue, and theme (reflect on
  story)
• Final copy due Friday 3pm (no rough draft or peer
  edit)

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Helpful Hints

• This is the first impression that I will get of
  you. Impress me.
• Be creative- detail, detail, detail.
• Your experiences, good or bad, make you the
  person you are today. What can you learn about
  yourself through these experiences? This will
  become the theme.
• Follow the plot diagram exposition, rising
  action, climax, falling action, resolution
• Suggested length 3-4 full pages