1. Writing a Personal Narrative

2. What is a Personal Narrative?
A personal narrative is a true story about the writer’s life.
It tells the reader about a thing that happened to the writer.

3. Personal Narrative Writing Assignment
Write about a happy time in your life . Be sure to begin your paragraph with a topic sentence that tells the reader what happened. Then include the details of the story in the sentences that follow. Remember to use the checklist to check your writing.

4. Checklist  I have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
 I have a title.
 I have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
 I have used interesting vocabulary.
 I have double spaced my writing.
 I have indented or left an extra space at the beginning of a paragraph.
 I wrote in the past tense because I wrote about something that has already happened.
 I proofread my first draft and used a red pen and editing marks to fix any mistakes I made.
 I read my first draft out loud to a parent or grandparent.
 I did the writing to the best of my abilities.
 My writing is fun, interesting and acceptable for anyone to read

5. Brainstorming Thinking of ideas and topics you could write about.
Good things that has happened to you.
Fun activities done at school.
Fun memories.
A trip you have taken.

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Dodgeball in PE class.
My Birthday party
Got a new toy at the store
Visited my grandparents
Got a new dog
Watched fireworks

7. What to do when writing a Personal Narrative
What important things happen.
Use paragraphs.
Use sequence words like “first”, “then”, “next” and “finally”.
Use words like “I”, “me”, and “my”.
Show your feelings.

8. Paragraphs We want to use paragraphs when we write.
A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same thing.
One piece of writing usually has more than one paragraph.

9. Introduction or Topic Sentences
A topic sentence is a sentence that tells what you are writing about.
Your story should have a topic sentence at the very beginning.
Each paragraph should also have a topic sentence that tells what the paragraph is about.

10. Finally What is a drafts? After First next Then Obviously Previously
The first version of your story.
The most important parts.
Ask yourself if this fact is important?
Transition words
Tell order
Connect ideas.
After
First
Then
next
Finally
Obviously
Previously
Following
While
Before

11. Details Descriptive words (adjectives) and sentences. Example:
You have a cute dog.
The orange basketball is new.
The blue bird flies very high.
Our class took an exciting trip to the zoo.
We heard a loud roar from the lion.
I went to a beautiful park.
I had an amazing lunch with Jane.

12. How to hook the reader.
Sounds
Talking
Questions
Setting

13. Show your feelings
Brave, calm, cheerful, comfortable, courageous, determent, eager, Excited

14. Got a new dog. Four interesting things about that day.
Went to the store.
Mom told me
I could get a dog.
Got dog food
and toys.
Chose our
new dog.