PN+Christina

**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)?
 * Purpose:**

Who is your audience? -Everyone
 * 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.)
 * Thesis:** After I took care of the abandoned babies, I realized that I am a very fortunate girl and I should be thankful for my parents.

Looks like: A young girl with nice clothes. Age: 14 Motivation / Objective: (What do you want?) To tell people how blessed a lot of us are to have parents who raised us.
 * Description of Character** (this is you)

Where does the narrative take place? -In the abandoned baby care center. (A place where abandoned babies live before becoming old enough to the orphanage.) When does the narrative take place? -2008 summer
 * Setting:**

In chronological order, list the main events of the story / narrative. **Hint:** focus your narrative on the key moment where the change occurred.
 * Plot:**
 * My parents and I went to an abandoned baby care center in the summer of 2008 for community service.
 * I was in charge of cleaning the center and playing with the babies.
 * The babies were very obedient. The people who were working in the center told me that they acted that way because they thought that if they make troubles, they might get abandoned again.
 * When I lifted them up and hugged them, they would become extremely delighted. When I put them down, they cried.
 * I felt bad for the babies, and realized that I am a very fortunate girl to have parents who raise me.

What is the major problem in the story that produces the change in you? Describe this conflict in several complete sentences. -It is not exactly a conflict that created a change in me. The part where I heard the reason behind the babies' compliant attitudes produced the biggest change in me. The conversation I had with one of the permanent helpers in the center provoked me to realize how lucky I was and gave me the mind to thank my parents.
 * Conflict:**

Are there any key moments in the story where dialogue would be effective? List these moments here. -The conversation with the helper of the center would be a good moment where dialogue would be effective.
 * Dialogue:**

List any sensory details that will be important in your narrative: sight, smells, sounds, tastes, touch, and movement. -Sounds: crying sounds when I stop hugging them. Sight: Very small babies Movement: rocking the babies in my arms.
 * Sensory Details:**

How did you change? What did you learn? Why is it significant? -I learned the harsh reality of abandoned babies, and realized that I was a very fortunate girl. I did not feel very grateful for my parents before, but after this experience, I learned how to thank my parents. This was significant because now I exactly know why I need to thank my parents, and the grateful thoughts towards my parents still exist today.
 * Reflection / Analysis section**: //(this section is critical)//