Writing a Personal Narrative
Writing a Personal Narrative
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? ______________________________________ Where? ______________________________________ Details 1. ___________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________ How it ended ______________________________________________
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Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event When Grandma’s cat had kittens ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? last summer ______________________________________ Where? at Grandma’s house ______________________________________ Details We were there on vacation. 1. ____________________________________________ Sheba started acting funny. 2. ____________________________________________ Dad built her a bed of rags so she had a place to 3. ____________________________________________ have the kittens. ____________________________________________ She had seven kittens. The last one was Tippy. 4. ____________________________________________ How it ended Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of ______________________________________________
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them away. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Sheba’s Big Day Last summer, grandma’s cat had kittens. It was great cause we were on vacation visiting her. Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She was acting
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? ______________________________________ Where? ______________________________________ Details 1. ___________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________ How it ended ______________________________________________
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Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event When Grandma’s cat had kittens ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? last summer ______________________________________ Where? at Grandma’s house ______________________________________ Details We were there on vacation. 1. ____________________________________________ Sheba started acting funny. 2. ____________________________________________ Dad built her a bed of rags so she had a place to 3. ____________________________________________ have the kittens. ____________________________________________ She had seven kittens. The last one was Tippy. 4. ____________________________________________ How it ended Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of ______________________________________________
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them away. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Sheba’s Big Day Last summer, grandma’s cat had kittens. It was great cause we were on vacation visiting her. Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She was acting