PN+RachelS

**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?
 * Audience:**
 * People in my class and Mr. Stephens.**

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:**
 * I thought my friend and I understood each other completely and see everything the same way since we had been friends for a long time, but I was wrong**.

Looks like: **a Korean girl; black hair, average height.** Age: **14** Motivation / Objective: (What do you want?) **I want her to understand my point of view.**
 * Description of Character** (this is you)

Where does the narrative take place? **Vancouver** When does the narrative take place? **June, 2009.** In chronological order, list the main events of the story / narrative. **Hint:** focus your narrative on the key moment where the change occurred. - I was wrong. - We got into a fight about a small thing, so we started talking about it. - The topic moved on to how different our lives were. - I tried to get her to understand. - She never got my point. - I just thought she just disliked me and was looking for an excuse because I had everything she ever wanted--parents who weren't divorced, a mom who always cooked me dinner and a sibling. - We weren't as close as before. - Months passed and I had to go back to Korea. - My other friend threw a surprise party just for me and invited all our friends the day before my flight. - As Cassie's mom was giving me a ride after the party, Cassie started crying. She started telling me how much she was going to miss me and how sad it was that we were never the same after the fight. - At that moment, I realized something; she had never disliked me. It was just that we had different views.**
 * Setting:**
 * Plot:**
 * - I had always thought that my friend and I could always understand each other, even though we had different backgrounds and completely different lives.

What is the major problem in the story that produces the change in you? Describe this conflict in several complete sentences.
 * Conflict:**
 * The conflict is between me and my friend, Cassie. We keep trying to get each other to see through our own point of view when we're too different to do that.**

Are there any key moments in the story where dialogue would be effective? List these moments here.
 * Dialogue:**
 * Dialogues would be effective in some moments when Cassie and I are having a fight and when we're talking to each other.**

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

How did you change? What did you learn? Why is it significant?
 * Reflection / Analysis section**: //(this section is critical)//
 * I learned that everyone has a different view on the world and nothing could change that. I'm now more open-minded about everything and I know now not everyone will understand what I see. It's important because I won't have any conflicts over this anymore.**