Personal Narrative

A Personal Narrative is a TRUE story about your life.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.8.3A

A personal narrative is written in

• third person - he, she, they, or a name of the character

• second person - you, your

• first person - I, me, we, my

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

In a narrative you write about

• all the events about your topic

• only the important events about your topic

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CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

CCSS.W.8.3D

CCSS.W.8.4

The EVENTS should be in ORDER

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The narrative should only include interesting events

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.W.8.3B

CCSS.W.8.3D

Transitions words help

• understand the order the events happened

• connect ideas

• connect ideas and understand the order the events happened

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Examples of some transition words are

• some, we, me, because

• first, next, then, later on, a few minutes day, the next day, after that, lastly, finally

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

The details must be descriptive that help the reader

• imagine what happened

• allow the reader to retell your story

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

Your intro, opening or lead should

• be long and have all the events

• be interesting to capture reader's attention

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

A personal narrative should be about

• everything that happened to you

• an important moment in your life or a special time

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

CCSS.W.8.3D