Yesterday, you narrowed down your Personal Narrative topics to 3 (one from each Building Block). Today, I want you to choose ONE topic that you will use for your Personal Narrative. Remember, these will be in SOME way connected to the idea of being immigrants and multi-cultural. We will write our narratives step by step, and eventually create an online audio book to go along with it and share with each other. This will become an Assessment (Exam) grade. When choosing your ONE topic, ask yourself the following questions below. If you can answer YES to all 4, then it is a good topic. If you cannot, perhaps think of a different topic. EMAIL ME IF YOU NEED HELP!!
1. Do I have vivid memories of this event/story/mentor, so that I can describe them in great detail?
2. Is there a THEME or MORAL that I can center this story around? (What did you/can the reader learn from this?)
3. Is there a Conflict (Internal or External) that is somehow involved in this story?
4. Can I find a PLOT (Beginning, Middle, and End) to this story? (If it's a mentor, perhaps you can focus on a story of them teaching you something directly or indirectly.)
5. Can I in some way connect this story to my own immigrant or multi-cultural experience?