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Personal Narrative Writing

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Personal Narrative

 

Teaching Without Frills You tube Channel

 

Episode 1 - Brainstorming -https://www.google.com/search?q=Personal+Narrative+Video&oq=Personal+Narrative+Video&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.8998j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Episode 2 - Planning & Pre-Writing -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBQ8dU0KPtg

 

Episode 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w33-m8-geuM

 

 

 

Fictional Narrative Writing

 

 

http://wikischrooney.pbworks.com/Writing-a-Personal-Narrative - Writing a Personal Narrative

 

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/story-maker - Story Maker

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/iwm-ms/writing_models.php - Types of Writing

 

 

 

http://www.slideshare.net/bnspataro/elements-of-fiction-6839309?src=related_normal&rel=2053620 - Literary Elements Slideshow

 

http://www.slideshare.net/wiserjoe/narrative-writing-and-plot-notes - Narrative Writing & Elements of Plot Slideshow

 

http://www.writingfix.com/genres/narrative.htm - Personal Narrative & Memoir Writing

 

http://writingfix.com/Chapter_Book_Prompts/Milkweed2.htm - Memoir Idea Computer Generated Prompts

 

http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/genres/TheRoseyCheekedGhostStory.pdf - 10 Word Memoir

 

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/plot-diagram/ - Interactive Plot Diagram

 

http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/5106/N3.pdf - Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer

 

http://readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson116/NarrativeRubric.pdf - Narrative Writing Rubric

 

 The Day I Hypnotized Mom.doc - The Day I Hypnotized Mom - Personal Narrative

 

http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/writersmodel/pdf/W_S0801.pdf  - Personal Narrative Example

 

QUESTIONS FOR MEMOIRISTS.docx

 

 Sample responses to questions  questions for a memoirist.

 

Ineffective Memoir.pdf - Ineffective Memoir Sample

 

Effective Memoir sample.doc - Effective memoir Sample

 

 

http://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/story.html - Narrative Writing Game (Mad Lib Format)

 

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/ - Story Starters - Scholastic

 

 

http://heniss.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/63843679/Word%20Choice%20PPT.pdf - Word Choice

 

 

QUESTIONS FOR NARRATIVES

  • ·        What are my earliest memories?  How far back can I remember?
  • ·        What are the most important things that have happened to me in my life so far?
  • ·        What have I seen that I can’t forget?
  • ·        What’s an incident that shows what my family and I are like?
  • ·        What’s an incident that shows what my friends and I are like?
  • ·        What’s an incident that shows what my pets and I are like?
  • ·        What’s something that happened to me at school that I will always remember?
  • ·        What’s something that happened to me at home that I will always remember?
  • ·        What’s an incident that changed how I think or feel about something?
  • ·        What’s an incident that changed my life?
  • ·        What’s a time or place that I was perfectly happy?
  • ·        What’s a time or place that I laughed a lot?
  • ·        What’s a time or place when it felt as if my heart were breaking?
  • ·        What’s a time with a parent I’ll never forget?
  • ·        What’s a time with a grandparent I’ll never forget?
  • ·        What’s a time with a brother or sister I’ll never forget?
  • ·        Can I remember a time I learned to do something, or did something for the first time?

What memories emerge when I make a time line of my life so far and note the most important things that happened to me each year

 

 

Find a picture in a magazine that interests you. Put your face in the picture. Now tell your story!!

 

 

https://www.learningtogive.org/units/telling-our-stories-giving/writing-personal-narrative - Personal Narrative Writing

 

http://www.woodland.k12.mo.us/faculty/lwilkinson/Assignments%20page/pn%20objectives.htm - Personal Narrative Writing

 

http://www.slideshare.net/mrswjohnston/narrative-powerpoint-1942813 - Narrative PPT

 

Characteristics of a Personal Narrative 

 

    1.  The point of view is first-person.

 

    2.  The writer uses description to show the reader what is happening. 

 

    3.  The writer shares his/her thoughts and feelings about the incident and the other characters involved.

 

    4.  The writer uses dialogue.

 

    5.  The writer includes a lesson, a reason why the story is important.

 

 

Tips for Writing Narratives

 

Personal Narrative Organizer

 

Compositional Risks:

 

Dialogue

 

Figurative Language


Sensory Details

 

 

Word Choice

 
Show-Don't-Tell

 

Words to use instead of "said"

 

 

Tips for Writing Narratives

 

Tips for Writing a Good Narrative

 

  1. Begin with a catchy hook…

    • Sometimes my imagination gets the best of me.

    • In my gymnastics career, fear is something I deal with every day.

 

 

  1. Have a clear thesis statement. It should be the last sentence of your first paragraph. (Your first paragraph should be short!)

    • I never thought I could switch gymnastic teams.

    • I didn’t know it, but today I was going to learn an important lesson.

 

 

  1. Separate events clearly into paragraphs

    • Divide the events by chronological order

    • When you change time or thought, start a new paragraph

 

 

  1. Beware of Sentence Structure

    • Write sentences that are clear and concise.

      • Sometimes I assume I can’t do something because my mind takes over.

      • Sometimes, my feelings engulf me and I think I can’t do something.

    • Try for some “sentence variety”

      • Start your sentence with an introductory phrase and comma: When I was young, After breakfast, Gently and carefully,

    • Combine sentences that are short to avoid repeating yourself

      • I have been able to conquer most of my fears. One fear was working on a 4-inch beam.

      • I have been able to conquer most of my fears, such as working on a 4-inch beam.

 

  1. Revise for Word Choice

    • Get rid of “dead” words

    • Use sophisticated words, but KNOW what they mean

    • Double check your verbs—use vibrant ones!

    • Include some dialogue!!

 

 

  1. Have a clear conclusion

    • Restate the words from the prompt in your conclusion

      • I don’t know why I thought I could not wakeboard.

      • This is a lesson I won’t soon forget.

 

 

  1. Bring back the hook to form a circle.

    • Sometimes I should listen to my imagination

    • I don’t know why I was so frightened of changing gyms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Show Don’t Tell”

Telling Writing

  • Bores the reader by telling, advising, and judging.
  • Tells the reader what to think or how to feel.
  • Uses dull words such as bad, good, fun, cool, exciting.
  • Tells the events as a list.

 

Showing Writing

 

  • Engages the reader through description of actions, movements, and appearances.
  • Allows the reader to make his or her own conclusions about events in the story.
  • Uses active words, adjectives, expressions, and adverbs.
  • Uses sensory words that describe sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.
  • Uses description and dialogue to guide the story.

 

 

Setting 

Telling

Example: The man was bored. It was raining. It rained yesterday and he wanted to go outside.

Showing

Example: “Lost in his thoughts, he stared out the window at the gray clouds hanging low over the dark water of the bay. It looked like it would rain again today.”  

(Disclosure by Michael Crichton)

 

Character Description 

Telling

Kevin felt sick. He had a fever and couldn’t sleep.

Showing

“Some hours later, after midnight, Kevin Bourque wakes sweaty in his bed as the snow ticks against the window of his room. He has a fever, one that will last as long as this three-day storm, and he’s lightheaded, can’t make sense of the cracking, splitting sound of the wind through the woods behind the house.”

(“The Blizzard of 1959,” Graham Hewson. The Sun. June 2002.)

 

Plot 

Telling

I drew a picture of a boat and the man liked it. He called for his family to see it and they liked it too.

Showing

“He squatted down beside me and …asked me what I was doing. I showed him the drawing, and his face lit up. “Just like it! Just like the boat!” He cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled something in the direction of the junk, and right away a family appeared on deck. “Let’s show it to them!” he said, and dragged me down to the water.”

(Iron & Silk, by Mark Salzman.) 

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