Personal Narrative Writing We all have stories to tell- How to tell your story

A Personal Narrative... is told from your point of view makes and supports a point or lesson is filled with precise detail uses vivid verbs and modifiers uses conflict and sequence, as does any story may use dialogue

Some Examples A Good Reason to Look Up- Shaq A Mason-Dixon Memory- Clifton Davis The Only Girl in the World For Me -Bill Cosby The Place Where Dreams Come From -Sandra Cisneros

Assignment Details 5 Paragraph Essay Structure –1 st paragraph- Introduction –2 nd -4 th – Body paragraphs –5 th paragraph- Conclusion or summary –Let’s take a closer look at each…

Introduction Paragraph Introduce the topic, theme or lesson Grab the reader’s attention!

2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th Paragraphs-“The Body” All are similarly constructed Expand upon the details of or tell the story that you introduced in the 1 st paragraph Use vivid, precise details Use descriptive verbs Appeal to the reader’s senses

Conclusion Paragraph Very much like other summary paragraphs we’ve written. Restate your theme and/or lesson learned. Really drive your theme home with a strong concluding sentence or zinger.

Scoring Rough Draft = 60 pts Revised Draft = 200 pts Scored using the PA writing rubric: –score of 1-4 in each domain –Focus, content, style, organization and conventions –Score out of 20 multiplied by 10

Timeline Rough draft due April 1st Revised draft due April 15 th