Personal%20Narrative%20Essay

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Personal Narrative Essay

• Introduction Paragraph

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Sentence 1 Attention Grabber

• Ask a question
• Have you ever gone swimming with the dolphins?
• Paint a Picture
• The cool blue water soothed my skin the sun
  soaked my hair the squeaky voice of my new
  dolphin friend filled my ears.
• Startling Statement
• Dolphins can understand over 100 human words
  and phrases.

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Sentence 2 Lead-in

• This sentence will connect your attention-grabber
  to your thesis statement (which states the main
  idea of your essay).
• Lets see how we can build on each of the
  attention grabbers we have already written.

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Example Lead-in Sentences

• Have you ever gone swimming with the dolphins?
  Well, I did when I visited my grandma in Florida
  last summer.
• The cool blue water soothed my skin the sun
  soaked my hair the squeaky voice of my new
  dolphin friend filled my ears. These memories
  fill my head when I think of Florida.
• Dolphins can understand over 100 human words and
  phrases. This was just one of many interesting
  facts I learned on my trip to Florida.

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Sentence 3 Thesis Statement

• The thesis is one sentence that states the main
  idea of your essay. It tells what the essay will
  be about. Here is an example
• My vacation in Florida brought many exciting
  adventures and new experiences that will always
  be special to me.

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Complete Intro Paragraph 1

• Have you ever gone swimming with the dolphins?
  Well, I did when I visited my grandma in Florida
  last summer. My vacation in Florida brought many
  exciting adventures and new experiences that will
  always be special to me.

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Complete Intro Paragraph 2

• The cool blue water soothed my skin the sun
  soaked my hair the squeaky voice of my new
  dolphin friend filled my ears. These memories
  fill my head when I think of Florida. My vacation
  in Florida brought many exciting adventures and
  new experiences that will always be special to
  me.

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Complete Intro paragraph 3

• Dolphins can understand over 100 human words and
  phrases. This was just one of many interesting
  facts I learned on my trip to Florida. My
  vacation in Florida brought many exciting
  adventures and new experiences that will always
  be special to me.

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One More Time.

• Sentence 1 Attention Grabber
• Sentence 2 Lead-in to Thesis
• Sentence 3 Thesis (main idea) statement

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Sentence 4 and 5

• These should be transition sentences
• Transition to your first body paragraph (sentence
  5)
• If you get stuck, just start writing!!!! Write
  what comes to your mind and we can EDIT later! ?

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BRAINSTORM

• Every writer needs time to brainstorm a topic.
  Take some time to think about a topic that
  interests you!
• ON A SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER, LIST 10 TOPICS THAT
  YOU WOULD WANT TO WRITE ABOUT.
• CIRCLE YOUR TOP 3
• STAR THE ONE YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE ABOUT!!