We started working on our first formal writing project last week - writing a personal narrative. A personal narrative is a short story about a memorable event from your life. We spent the week brainstorming possible narrative ideas - gathering "seeds" that might grow into the actual writing.
We used three "seed-generating" prompts - 1) thinking about important people in our lives and memories of experiences with those people, 2) thinking about the first time we did something and the last (or most recent) time we did something, and 3) thinking about times when we experienced strong emotions like joy, sadness, nervousness, excitement, etc. After each brainstorming session, we got together and shared some of the ideas we recorded with friends. This coming week, we'll select the "seed" we want to plant and beginning our first draft of the narrative.
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Nico
10/29/2018 04:19:53 pm
So this is a time where Ii went to Salem (where the witch trials were held) and I went on a pirate ship-like ride except this ride was egyptian-like and this dude who was running the ride had DUCT TAPED the ride and turned it in with a QUARTER. Well now I guess I have some new ideas to write for my narrative.
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