PPT-Unit 1: Personal Narrative

A personal narrative is a about something that happened to and how you about it Purpose to the reader and about an event Unit 1 Personal Narrative. Peggy J. Miller. Department of Psychology. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Outline. Multiplicity of stories. Stories of personal experience. III. Socialization via stories. IV. Story attachments. Theory . & . Forrest Gump. Assumptions of the Theory. Humans are naturally storytellers. In the movie, Forrest Gump does not pass any opportunity to tell a story. With each conversation he has he finds away to relate that to an experience he has had and this gives him the opportunity to tell one of his many stories. Objective. Students will use lead techniques to write a rough draft of the exposition to their personal narrative.. Your Goals. To grab the reader’s . attention . using a lead. To provide . context . Getting Started. (. You’ll need some notebook paper and something to write with). Process:. Zeroing In on a Topic. (10 min.). Identifying a story worthy of telling. Jotting . (5 min.). Getting the basics. What is Narrative Writing?. Narrative writing . tells a story. . Narrative writing . can be true and about real people and real events.. Narrative writing . can be realistic, with characters and events that could really happen.. How Do I Tell My Story?. What is it?. A Personal. . Narrative. is a form of writing in which the writer relates an event , incident, or experience in his or her own life. . The . events of a personal narrative are most often presented in chronological order, the order in which they actually occurred in time. . Personal Narratives. What is a “personal narrative”?. Personal. means that you use . experience. from your own life. Narrative. is a story about an . event. or a series of events. Therefore, a personal narrative is a story about. Year levels: 3, 4, 5 & 6. Ziptales. Webinar Number . 3. . The Importance of Narrative. . Stories are central to people’s lives. .   . Children love narrative. .  . We need to teach children how to construct narratives. . Narrative Structure. 1. Status Quo. 2. Inciting Incident. 3. Rising Action . 4. Climax. 5. Falling Action, Resolution. 6. Closure, new Status Quo. Narrative Structure. Status . Quo. : initial state of affairs introducing the setting, some characters, the mood/. Grade 4. Look at the picture below.. It takes talent to balance a basketball on your finger.. Write about a time when you discovered that you were good at something.. 1. STAAR Personal Narrative Prompt . retrospect. . You find out where events have led in its very first sentence: "The other night at dinner, Sheba talked about the first time that she and the Connolly boy kissed." We are told this by Barbara, the 60-something history teacher with whom Sheba is living in the wake of a scandal. Personal Writing. One of the major types of writing is . personal writing.. It is what it sounds like. It’s writing that is personal.. This is a very different type of writing than transactive writing (persuasive, informational, & analytical writing.. Being Unprepared. Think of a specific . time . that . you felt unprepared for a specific event and narrate the events. Tell your readers about the preparation that you were able to do, the reasons that you didn't get to prepare as well as you wanted, following through with the event, and any significant events that happened afterward. Your paper should help readers understand what it felt like to be unprepared.. narrative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj-eh5VFsg0. Narrative Writing. A . Narrative. is a STORY.. Narrative. ~ A fictional story you can make up all of the events.. Personal Narrative. ~ A TRUE story about an event that happened in .