Personal Narrative Story (PLAGIARISM FREE)
hrd_wrkPersonal Narrative- Dialogue/Background Information
1. Pick one of the three topics you brainstormed about last class. Write it here: _________________________
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2. Think about a conversation that happened during the experience. It doesn't need to be exactly what was said if you can't remember, but you need to have a conversation in mind. Write down what happened in the conversation. If a conversation didn't exist in your story then, you need to make one up that could have happened and make it believable.
For example: I am going to write about when I bit my sister's cheek. We had a conversation before I bit her cheek about how she was on my swing and then I had a conversation with my parents after biting her about how that's not ok.
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3. Rules of Dialogue: Good narratives include dialogue between characters, but there are grammatical rules that need to be followed such as capitalizations, punctuating correctly, new paragraphs, and synonyms for who said what and clarification on who's talking.
a. Review example of dialogue: where and when you need capitalizations, how to punctuate correctly, when the quotation marks should be placed, and clarification on who is speaking.
Example dialogue
I knew that he would be the guy for me, if I could just have the guts to talk to him. He strutted down the hall towards me. I held my breath and stepped away from my locker.
"Hey Phil," it was all I could think of. He stopped dead in his tracks and appraised me.
"How's it going Cameron?" his smooth voice made me smile. I knew that he knew my name. The silence dragged as I thought of more things to say.
"Would you be willing to help me with this essay that Hennessy has me writing?" I asked, even though I was totally done. He grinned.
"Sure, do you want me to come over to your house after school?" Phil asked still grinning.
"Yeah, I'd really appreciate it," I muttered, "Wait, do you need directions?" His grin broadened.
"Nope, I put a Valentine on your porch a couple of weeks ago. See yeah," he said and walked away. My jaw had dropped almost to the floor. I knew it was him.
b. Write up one or several of the conversations from their personal narrative on a separate sheet of paper. Follow the rules of dialogue by having quotation marks around what people say, capitalizing the beginning of quotation mark, punctuating accordingly, and making sure that the reader knows who is speaking.
c. Pair share: Get with a partner and share your dialogue with them. Tell the reader to check for the rules of dialogue. If the writer didn't have correct grammatical rules then, they need to fix them. Students will turn in their dialogue for checking.
1. Relevant Background Information: We don't need to know every single detail about your lives- just the things that are relevant to the story that you’re trying to share with us.
2. Recall the personal narrative from Lesson 1. What information did you need to know about this person's life, so that they could relate with the story?
3. List important background information that is essential and relevant to your story. We don't need to know everything. The story is only supposed to be a specific moment in your lives. The event that happened should not last more than one minute of their life, which forces you to be very specific and detailed.
4. Pair share: Share your background information with your neighbor remembering to listen for relevant inform
Determine the theme of a text and decide what the theme is of their personal narrative. Think about filling in the blank:
All you need is____________.
Decide what lesson you learned from your experience or the theme of your personal narrative. Then read “Survival” and determine possible themes of the short story.
“Survival” by John M. Floyd
Theme of The Survival excerpt |
Theme of your personal narrative |
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