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Warm-Up Writing a Personal Narrative about Fitting In

Lesson Goals

Words to Know

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to review for improving and correcting

an order of events, especially the things that happen in a story

to come to a conclusion successfully

an early version of something, such as a piece of writing

to think of ideas before writing

the reason for doing something

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Lesson Question

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Revise writing touse interestingdescriptive

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Writing a Personal Narrative about Fitting In

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The Writing Process

The Purpose of a Personal Narrative

A personal narrative is a piece of writing that tells a personal story.

A personal narrative has several purposes or reasons for doing something. It is written:

• to share an important .

• to help the writer reflect on events in his or her past.

• to give the reader an interesting story to learn from and enjoy.

Brainstorming

Prewriting Drafting


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Today’s Writing Prompt

Product: What will you write?

• A narrative

Topic: What will you write about?

• A time you to fit in

Audience: Who will your writing?

Purpose: Why will you write?

Brainstorming As a Prewriting Strategy

When you , you think of ideas before writing.

• Brainstorming is an important step in the prewriting process.

Brainstorming to Write about the Prompt

Experience:

• List experiences that show struggles you had with in.

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• Write notes about what happened in each experience and who was involved.

Resolution:

• Write notes about how you each of the .

Write a personal narrative to share with

a group of students who are slightly

younger than you are. Describe a time

when you struggled to fit in and the way

in which you resolved the situation.


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Choosing Your Experience

Decide your topic by asking:

• What experience of mine

best fits the of fitting in?

• What will make the most

interesting

for my ?

• What will best fit the purpose

of an event?

Following Events in a Narrative

Personal narratives often follow a story .

This means that events are told in the in which they happened.

Beginning Middle End

Experience: Moving to a new school

Events:

• I was the new kid at school, and I ate by myself on the first day.

• I felt alone and wanted to fit in.

• The next day I asked someone else who was alone if we could eat together.

Resolution: I ended up meeting my best friend, Carlos.


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Sequencing Events with a Table

, I joined

the volleyball team.

I struggled to fit in because I didn’t know anyone.

, I asked the

other team members to teach me how to serve and spike the ball.

, I

served the ball in the first game and scored the first point. Everyone on the team congratulated me.

The author helped us follow chronological order by using three signal words.

Planning with a Table


Events

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Drafting Your Narrative

After brainstorming and planning, it is time to create a . Your draft should have a beginning, middle, and end.

1. Beginning: your experience with struggling to fit in.

2. Middle: Tell the sequence of the events that you experienced.

A. Explain the first thing that happened in your story.

B. Explain the next thing that happened in your story.

C. Include as many as you need to tell your story.

D. Explain the most interesting event or the in your story.

3. End: Describe the resolution and what happened as a result of your struggle to fit in.

A Narrative about Fitting In

Underline the part of the story containing the conflict.

I struggled to fit in when I joined the volleyball team. I didn’t know anyone on the team and I hadn’t played the sport for very long. I asked another team member to give me some tips on serving and spiking the ball. First we talked about volleyball. Then we met with a few other team members and practiced together. At the first game, I was serving first. I tried to remember everything the team members taught me. Finally, I served the ball as hard as I could. It worked! I felt great that I had done my best.



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Detailed Descriptions and Sensory Words

Detailed descriptions are ones that paint a in the reader’s mind.

• Example: The yellow tabby cat with green eyes sat on the windowsill.

Descriptions often use words that appeal to one of the senses.

• Example: The sweet strawberry juice dripped onto my shirt as I bit into the fresh fruit.

Detailed descriptions with sensory words make writing and fun.

Revising Text to Use Sensory Words and Descriptions

It is important to look at sensory words to a narrative.

Underline the turning point of the story and circle the resolution.

I struggled to fi t in when I joined the volleyball team. I didn’t know anyone on the team and

I hadn’t played the sport for very long. I asked another team member to give me some tips

on serving and spiking the ball. First we talked about volleyball. Then we met with a few

other team members and practiced together. At the fi rst game, I was serving fi rst. I tried to

remember everything the team members taught me. Finally, I served the ball as hard as I

could. It worked! I felt great that I had done my best.. It worked! I felt great that I had done my best.

Revising Text to Use Sensory Words and Descriptions

Underline the sentence that appeals to our sense of touch.

Finally, it was my big chance to serve the ball. My heart was racing and my palms were

sweating. I could hear each of my team members’ voices giving me advice. I threw the ball in

the air and gave it a thwack. The ball fl ew over the net.


Summary

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Lesson Question

How can you write a personal narrative to explain an event in your life?

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