Personal Narrative 7 th Grade Prewriting

On the back of your assignment sheet, please answer a few of the following statements:  The best day of my life was...  The worst day of my life was...  The time I got in the most trouble was when I...  The time I felt the most guilt was when I...  The most scared I've ever been was when...  The worst thing I've ever done is...  The best thing I've ever done is...  I never felt more proud than when I....  The most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me was...  The hardest decision I've ever made was...  The best lesson I ever learned was...  The hardest lesson I had to learn was...  I’ll never forget meeting….  I’ll never forget that one time when…

Homework  Write the ROUGH DRAFT of your personal narrative essay--a story that makes a point about life.  In choosing the experience that you are going to write about, try to think about an experience that affected you deeply and ought to be known by others.

ROUGH DRAFT: 20 Homework Points  Must be typed and printed off before you come to class (If you do not have it typed, the assignment will be considered incomplete).  Must be in MLA format: 1” margins, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt. size.  Must be at least two full pages long