Parts of a Personal Narrative

Which of these sentences would be a good lead?

• After the beach I was so tired.

• It was a beautiful sunny day in Florida.

• Later on we had dinner at a fancy restaurant.

• In the end, it was the best vacation ever.

Which of these sentences would be a good lead?

• Have you ever tripped and fallen in the mud?

• Then I got up and pretended no one saw me.

• To summarize, be careful running through the grass after it rains.

• Later on I was able to take a bath.

Which of these sentences would be a good ending?

• After the beach I was so tired.

• It was a beautiful sunny day in Florida.

• Later on we had dinner at a fancy restaurant.

• In the end, it was the best vacation ever.

Which of these sentences would be a good ending?

• Have you ever tripped and fallen in the mud?

• Then I got up and pretended no one saw me.

• To summarize, be careful running through the grass after it rains.

• Later on I was able to take a bath.

Choose the two sentences that could be good transition sentences.

• After the beach I was so tired.

• It was a beautiful sunny day in Florida.

• Later on we had dinner at a fancy restaurant.

• In the end, it was the best vacation ever.

Choose the two sentences that could be good transition sentences?

• Have you ever tripped and fallen in the mud?

• Then I got up and pretended no one saw me.

• To summarize, be careful running through the grass after it rains.

• Later on I was able to take a bath.

When sketching our scenes, what did we add to make our story more interesting?

• dialogue

• action words

• thoughts

• feelings or emotions

What is it called when we go back and make our writing better by adding more details and stretching our sentences?

• editing

• revising

What is it called when we go back and check our spelling, punctuation, and capitalization ?

• editing

• revising

We used our graphic organizer to help with writing our story. What was the FIRST part or scene we wrote about?

• Problem gets bigger

• Conclusion

• Character with a problem

• Turning point and resolution