Personal narrative or Reminiscence writing or

Creating a Primary source

Writing a story to entertain and inform

Select a subject

• From school• From vacation• From work• From a date• From an athletic game• From home• From …….• Going on a zip-line in Guatemala this summer with

my family

Collecting data or details

Sight: Sound: Touch: Taste: Smell:tall trees howler monkeys weight of harness bottled water fresh airGreen trees Wheee! Heavy gloves sweat sweaty bodiesHigh in sky pulley on wire tandem person Safety wires click of camera bite of mosquitoesHappy family instruction on how to do “Superman”Platforms in trees

Wheeee!

In Tikal, smiles on our faces

Zip LiningIt was one of those things on my “bucket list”, something I wanted to do before I die. I had read that there was a place in Tikal called “Canopy” where you could buy yourself the opportunity to fly through the canopy of the jungle on zip lines. We were on vacation this past summer and I knew this would be an activity that my son and daughter would love to do. So we plunked down our money and suited up….

Now it’s your turn• Think of something from your past that you’d like

to share• Make a list of all the details you can remember

(use your 5 senses)• If you don’t remember enough, you can use your

imagination a little to help create this picture• Narrow your focus to one quick event in the past• Think of a clever way to start that will grab the

reader’s attention (readers: students and teacher)