ELD 4/5 Autobiographical Narrative

Objective Students will gain a better understanding of what an autobiographical narrative is. They will be required to write their own 5 paragraph autobiographical narrative. Standards:

Autobioraphical Narrative What is an autobiographical Narrative? Autobiographical narratives are stories about events in your own life. Whenever you describe something that happened to you, such as overcoming a problem or challenge, you are telling an autobiographical narrative. ©Edge Book

Autobiographical Narrative Autobiographical narratives are stories about events in your own life. Whenever you describe something that happened to you, such as overcoming a problem or challenge, you are telling an autobiographical narrative

Autobiographical Narratives You probably tell autobiographical narratives often. You might tell classmates what you did over the weekend. You might trade stories with your family about your day. This project builds on your personal storytelling skills. ©Edge Book

Things to remember Remember that you are not writing just for yourself. Because other people will read your narrative, be sure to adapt your voice to suit the expectations of your audience. For example, you would probably use a more informal voice if writing for elementary school students than you would if writing for a college admissions board ©Edge Book

Autobiographical Narratives Good Traits Focuses on specific experience or event, and describes what happened as a result Provides interesting background information for the experience or event Establishes a clear controlling, or central, idea that reflects an insight gained ©Edge Book

Autobiographical Narrative Tells what happen in logical order Use precise language, sensory details, and dialogue ©Edge Book

Format Beginning Start with an interesting background that identifies the obstacle, problem, or challenge that you face. In other words, establish the main point, or controlling idea, of your narrative. Introduce the people, setting, and situation. State why this event was important. This will be your introduction paragraph. ©Edge Book

Format Middle Give details about what happened in the order that it happened. Share your thoughts and feelings. Use lively details and dialogue Your body paragraphs ©Edge Book

Format End Explain how the action came to an end or the the problem was solved. Summarized why the event or experienced was important. Conclusion ©Edge Book

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