Unit,2
(personal narrative)
? Objectives
1,Exchange topics (both narrative and
descriptive)
? 2,Know more about the several important things
? 1) focusing
? 2) event -choosing
? 3) Structuring (beginning,ending,sequencing)
? 4) details choosing and vivid description
Content
? topics exchange and elicit better topics
and learn to focus
? sample reading ( Free Falling)
? structuring and analyzing the sample
? exploring the subject of themselves
? (description samples)
? planning and drafting (outlining)
Sample reading (Free Falling)
? context(脉络 )
? when,where,what,who,why
? selection of events or details
? organization in sequence of time,
flashback,or narration interspersed with
flashback)
? theme
Brief comment:
? Beginning?
? Ending?
? Organization?
Outline
? *Introducing the subject and arousing
interest ( p )
? *Setting the stage with general
description (or analysis) of how he
feels on that particular day ( )
? * describing in great detail departure
with his mother( )
? * Bring the story to its climax and end
with a symbolic description( )
Feature
? *choose the departure time with the mother as
the most important event (divorce flashback
ruled out)
? *observant in describing his mother’s mood
changes from being chatty cheerful to quiet and
somber
? And description of his own from sheer
excitement for the prospect of independence to
fear and uncertainty and to a mixture of both
? *Theme significance:
? Metaphor,rookie skydiver” catches the
essence of that moment accurately (two
possible outcomes,sheer excitement and
eventual death)
? It ends the story clean.
Personal narrative
? Narrative writing is a story telling,A personal
narrative is simply a story taken from your life.
? It is organized chronologically,and relies on
narration,sometimes in combination with
description and other kinds of writing,If it is a
short one,you’d better choose one main point or
incident,you should give enough specific details
and facts so that readers can see and feel the
experience rather than read about it.
Before writing activity:
? 1,Asking questions:
? What is happening?
? When did it begin?
? What is causing it to happen?
? What does it do?
? How is it being done?
? Where is it being done?
? Why is it happening?
? What dose it look like?
Learn how to write
? Time order
? Maintaining a focus
? Selecting key events
? Using description as support
? Tailoring the story
Revision Checklist (from Robert)
? After you write your personal narrative,answer the
following questions:
? 1,Did I select one main incident and stick to it?
? 2,Did I arrange the events chronologically,or in order of
the happening?
? 3,Did I build up to a certain point or idea?
? 4,Did I give examples and details to support my point?
? 5,Did I check the dictionary when I wasn’t sure how to
spell a word.
?
Reader-Writer Response (From
Reid)
? R,Answer the question,Be specific,Then complete the
following statements:
? The best part of this article was__________.
? When I finished the essay I thought/felt_____________.
? One place I disagreed was where you said__________
? One experience or idea I had that was similar to this
was___________
? When you said______,I thought about _________.
? One suggestion I want to make to improve the paper is
__________.
(personal narrative)
? Objectives
1,Exchange topics (both narrative and
descriptive)
? 2,Know more about the several important things
? 1) focusing
? 2) event -choosing
? 3) Structuring (beginning,ending,sequencing)
? 4) details choosing and vivid description
Content
? topics exchange and elicit better topics
and learn to focus
? sample reading ( Free Falling)
? structuring and analyzing the sample
? exploring the subject of themselves
? (description samples)
? planning and drafting (outlining)
Sample reading (Free Falling)
? context(脉络 )
? when,where,what,who,why
? selection of events or details
? organization in sequence of time,
flashback,or narration interspersed with
flashback)
? theme
Brief comment:
? Beginning?
? Ending?
? Organization?
Outline
? *Introducing the subject and arousing
interest ( p )
? *Setting the stage with general
description (or analysis) of how he
feels on that particular day ( )
? * describing in great detail departure
with his mother( )
? * Bring the story to its climax and end
with a symbolic description( )
Feature
? *choose the departure time with the mother as
the most important event (divorce flashback
ruled out)
? *observant in describing his mother’s mood
changes from being chatty cheerful to quiet and
somber
? And description of his own from sheer
excitement for the prospect of independence to
fear and uncertainty and to a mixture of both
? *Theme significance:
? Metaphor,rookie skydiver” catches the
essence of that moment accurately (two
possible outcomes,sheer excitement and
eventual death)
? It ends the story clean.
Personal narrative
? Narrative writing is a story telling,A personal
narrative is simply a story taken from your life.
? It is organized chronologically,and relies on
narration,sometimes in combination with
description and other kinds of writing,If it is a
short one,you’d better choose one main point or
incident,you should give enough specific details
and facts so that readers can see and feel the
experience rather than read about it.
Before writing activity:
? 1,Asking questions:
? What is happening?
? When did it begin?
? What is causing it to happen?
? What does it do?
? How is it being done?
? Where is it being done?
? Why is it happening?
? What dose it look like?
Learn how to write
? Time order
? Maintaining a focus
? Selecting key events
? Using description as support
? Tailoring the story
Revision Checklist (from Robert)
? After you write your personal narrative,answer the
following questions:
? 1,Did I select one main incident and stick to it?
? 2,Did I arrange the events chronologically,or in order of
the happening?
? 3,Did I build up to a certain point or idea?
? 4,Did I give examples and details to support my point?
? 5,Did I check the dictionary when I wasn’t sure how to
spell a word.
?
Reader-Writer Response (From
Reid)
? R,Answer the question,Be specific,Then complete the
following statements:
? The best part of this article was__________.
? When I finished the essay I thought/felt_____________.
? One place I disagreed was where you said__________
? One experience or idea I had that was similar to this
was___________
? When you said______,I thought about _________.
? One suggestion I want to make to improve the paper is
__________.
