PN+Jasmine

The Personal Narrative


 * Assignment 1:**

Questions: "A Shirt Full of Bees" 1) What creative strategy does the author use to begin the story? 2) What is the point (or thesis) of the narrative?

3) What is 'the moment' on which the author focuses? -When he gets stung by the bee. 4) What events are not central to the story and 'disappear in the puff of a sentence'? (It's necessary information, but detail is not needed.) - 5) What is the POV? 6) What are the key details in the story? 7) How does the author "leave the reader thinking"?

Please complete #2 on page 199 of "Narration".
 * Assignment 2:**

**Part II: Prewriting (post on your PN wiki page)**

 * Assignment**: Your assignment is to write a narrative about a formative moment in your life that somehow defined who you are (the event changed you or you learned about an important idea). You must include several paragraphs that reflect on how you changed, what did you learned, and WHY is it significant.

Directions: Fill in the information below as completely as possible.

Your purpose is to explain, from your POV, a moment in your life that somehow defined who you are. Be as specific as possible. Focus in on one or two main events that demonstrate the change (or idea learned). What is your specific purpose in this narrative - what change are you demonstrating (or idea learned)? - I used to have prejudiced opinion about Chinese foods, and I'm writing about the turning point of my life, from when I started to realize that Chinese foods aren't made of cockroach poop after all.
 * Purpose:**

Who is your audience? - Classmates, Mr.Stephens
 * Audience:**

In one sentence state the main idea of this story from the 1st person POV. (This is how you changed or what you learned.) - I now realize that Chinese foods aren't made of cockroach poop after all. Looks like: short, shoulder-length straight hair Age: 5 Motivation / Objective: (What do you want?) - I want to know the real fact about Chinese food, and what they are being made of.
 * Thesis:**
 * Description of Character** (this is you)

Where does the narrative take place? - house, kindergarten (playground), Chinese restaurant When does the narrative take place? - 1999
 * Setting:**

In chronological order, list the main events of the story / narrative. **Hint:** focus your narrative on the key moment where the change occurred. - I hear the rumor about Chinese food from friends - I go home and ask my mom ( mom says it's nonsense) - I'm unsure if mom is telling me the real truth - I go to my grandparents' house and ask my grandpa ( he says it's nonsense) - I go ask my uncle - thinks that the rumor about Chinese food is true, after hearing more horrible story from my uncle - I think deeply, and suffer - I start having a phobia of eating Chinese food - Then I meet my cousin, and tell her about the rumor - She laughs off, and tells me the real truth - I don't believe her - two years later, I get to believe her What is the major problem in the story that produces the change in you? Describe this conflict in several complete sentences. - When I was about five years old, I heard of rumors about Chinese food. My friends from kindergarten first told me how Chinese foods were being made.
 * Plot:**
 * Conflict:**

Are there any key moments in the story where dialogue would be effective? List these moments here.
 * Dialogue:**

List any sensory details that will be important in your narrative: sight, smells, sounds, tastes, touch, and movement.
 * Sensory Details:**

How did you change? What did you learn? Why is it significant? I changed as I got to face more people, and got to learn that the rumor about Chinese food was just a rumor as a joke. it is significant because it gave a great impact in my life. Although, I now know that it was just a silly rumor, I still don't really enjoy eating Chinese food, especially Jajangmyeon.
 * Reflection / Analysis section**: //(this section is critical)//