Personal Narrative Outline (week of 4/12)

Personal Narrative Outline

Multiple Choice

What does 'personal' mean?

• Private; pertaining to the individual

• A child; the 'son' of someone

• Young; the age of a certain person

• Tired; doing everything yourself

Multiple Select

Which words are related to the word 'personal'? (check all that apply)

• impersonal

• personality

• persimmon (the fruit)

• personalize

• pertain

Many words are related - they have the same root word

• astronaut, astronomy

• arachnophobia, claustrophobia

• portal, transport

Multiple Choice

You know what personal means. 'Im-' means 'not'. What do you think impersonal means?

• not fun

• not a person anymore

• not connected to any one person

• a super person

Let's get back to our Personal Narratives

• Remember: Personal Narratives are...

• taking place over a short period of time

• has a problem and solution

• teaches a life lesson

• actually happened to you!

Open Ended

Your Personal Narrative brainstorm was due yesterday. What personal story did you decide to write about? Give a short description.

What are we focused on today?

• Creating an outline for our personal narrative

• Using story mountain to help us design the story

Open Ended

What do you remember about story mountain (the plot development of a story)

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

While watching try to identify:

• Exposition: characters and setting

• Rising Action: Problem

• Climax: the most exciting moment (beginning of the solution)

• Falling Action: how are things getting better

• Resolution: Ending

Let's use a Google Doc to complete the story outline together!