Homework:
Study for Quiz Next Week - Monday
Narrative Terms + Vocabulary from Shooting an Elephant Story
Write all of this down on a piece of paper with your name on it = due next Monday.
Think of a major event that took place in your life = climax
What was the crisis?
What led up to it? rising actions
What was the resolution? Ending
Did you have any conflicts? Internal / External ....
How did you change?
What did you learn from the experience?
What was the setting? Place, Year, Time of Day
Who were the people involved in the beginning, rising actions, climax, resolution? = characters
As you start the story and begin to create the setting in your mind - think of the time of day.
Also, think about what you were thinking, feelings, seeing, smelling, hearing that day ........ Was it raining, dark, sun out ..... Did the air have a specific smell to it - were there any strange smells (animal, ocean, field of flowers, etc.)? Were there many flowers in the fields, trees, mountains, birds, fish, horses, dog, cat, etc.? Did anything TASTE strange that day? Did anything feel strange that day? Sensory (descriptive writing)
Think of some similes and metaphors that may provide the reader with good comparisons. Good comparisons help bring clarity and help define the topics and subject matter.
PRINT - 2 pages - Bring to Class:
Use the following 2 page packet to create your personal narrative essay:
https://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/StructureofaPersonalNarrativeEssay.pdf
ESL Scholarship $1000.00 - see pages off to the right on the home blog page.
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Attendance / Homework - 6 to 6:50 PM
Review: Narrative Terms
Peer Review Summaries
Discuss Homework Due Thursday
Groups: 2 similes, 2 metaphors - 7:05 to 7:40 PM
Groups: Outline and Discuss the Story
Individual: Write the summary to "Little Deaths." 7:40 to 8:20 PM
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