Personal Narrative
da Cayley Wilkinson
1. 2. Personal Narrative - Scavenger Hunt
1.1. Non-Fiction
1.1.1. Personal Narratives
1.1.2. Biography
1.1.3. Informational Writing
1.2. Fiction
1.2.1. Realistic Fiction
1.2.2. Science Fiction/Fantasy
1.2.3. Historical Fiction
2. 4. Brainstorming Topics
2.1. Memories
2.1.1. Family traditions
2.1.2. Vacations
2.1.3. Holidays
2.2. Prompts
3. 6. Anatomy of a Narrative
3.1. Graphic Organizer
4. 8. Publishing
4.1. Final Revised Copy
4.2. Adding illustrations
4.3. Typed/printed & bound
5. 3. Dialogue & Quotations
5.1. Quotation Marks
5.1.1. - With a period
5.1.2. - With an exclamation point
5.1.3. - With a question mark
5.1.4. - Continuing a sentence with a dialogue tag in the middle
5.2. Dialogue tags
6. 1. What is a Personal Narrative?
6.1. “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst
6.2. Characteristics of a Personal Narrative
6.2.1. Includes a beginning, middle, and end
6.2.2. Characters & events are realistic
6.2.3. Written from author's POV (first person)
6.2.4. Uses dialogue
6.2.5. Lots of detail