This week you will be writing a personal narrative about a memorable day in your life. You can choose a day that was happy, sad, scary, exciting, romantic, disgusting, etc. You get to choose the day you want to write about. Monday/Tuesday~ You will use crayons, colored pencils, etc. to create a poster for the day you have chosen. I will have colored pencils and crayons in my classroom. If you are at home, use what you have available. Use a sheet of copier paper for this assignment.
Please be sure to include lots of details in your picture for the following:

SETTING- Think about your surroundings on your day. Was it sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, sunny with a storm in the distance, or something else? Be detailed with your picture.

LOCATION- Where did your story happen? Use lots of details in your drawing.

CHARACTERS - Who was with you on the day of your story? Be sure to include everyone who was part of your story. If there was a character that was part of the story but wasn’t actually there in person, find a way to include them...maybe a phone with something they said to you in a thought bubble or a picture in a frame.

DIALOG- What were you talking about on this day? Along one edge or on the back of your picture make a list of your characters and a few words to remind you of what they said.

SENSES - SIGHT, TOUCH, TASTE, HEARING, SMELLS - What was happening with your senses?

FEELINGS - What are some adjectives that describe what you were feeling on that day. Not just one moment of the day, but for the entire time frame you are describing.

This was a stormy day, and It was at night during the fourth of July. This happened two years ago, at my house. My mom and my older brother decided to walk to my aunts house, not far away from our house. She decided to let me and my younger brother stay home and play with legos. As me and my brother were playing we heard something outside, We thought it was just nothing big, or maybe it was the sound of fireworks. We decided to continue playing. A few minutes later we heard the noise again. I decided to check it out. I went over to the windows and look outside, I saw someone outside, and was on our front yard just standing there. My brother got up from playing with the lego's and walked over to where I was standing. When he saw the man, he whimpered. I had an idea to run out of the house and run to my aunt's house. I told my brother the idea, and he nodded in agreement. I took my brother's hand, and walked him out of the back door that led to the side of the house. I locked the door from the inside and started running to my aunt's house while holding my brother's hand. Till that day, we never saw the man again.

Explanation:

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what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).