Writing a Personal Narrative
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information
about the experience that you plan to write about.
Event
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When? ______________________________________
Where? ______________________________________
Details
1. ___________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
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4. ____________________________________________
How it ended
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Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Story Organizer
Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information
about the experience that you plan to write about.
Event
When
Grandma’s cat had kittens
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summer
When? last
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Grandma’s house
Where? at
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Details
We were there on vacation.
1. ____________________________________________
Sheba started acting funny.
2. ____________________________________________
Dad built her a bed of rags so she had a place to
3. ____________________________________________
have the kittens.
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She had seven kittens. The last one was Tippy.
4. ____________________________________________
How it ended
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Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of
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them away.
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Personal Narrative • Prewrite
Sheba’s Big Day
Last summer, grandma’s cat had kittens.
It was great cause we were on vacation visiting her.
Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She
was acting strange. Dad helped her and built a bed of
rags. Then she had her kittens. We named the last one
Tippy.
Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of them
away. I can’t wate to visit grandma again. Do you think
© Scott Foresman 3
Tippy might have kittens too.
Personal Narrative • Draft
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Sheba’s Big Day
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One rainy afternoon
Sheba
Last summer, grandma’s cat had kittens. It was
great cause we were on vacation visiting her.
Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She
She was pacing and walking in circles.
was acting strange. Dad helped her and built a bed of
seven
rags. Then she had her kittens. We named the last one
because the tip of her tail was white
Tippy.
Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of them
away. I can’t wate to visit grandma again. Do you think
© Scott Foresman 3
Tippy might have kittens too.
Personal Narrative • Revise
l Narrative • Revise
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Sheba’s Big Day
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One rainy afternoon
Sheba
Last summer, grandma’s cat had kittens. It was
because
great cause we were on vacation visiting her.
Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She
She was pacing and walking in circles.
was acting strange. Dad helped her and built a bed of
seven
rags. Then she had her kittens. We named the last one
because the tip of her tail was white
Tippy.
Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of them
wait
away. I can’t wate to visit grandma again. Do you think
© Scott Foresman 3
Tippy might have kittens too. ?
Personal Narrative • Edit
Sheba’s Big Day
© Scott Foresman 3
One rainy afternoon last summer, Grandma’s cat
Sheba had kittens. It was great because we were on
vacation visiting her.
Sheba had her kittens the day we got there. She
was acting strange. She was pacing and walking in
circles. Dad helped her and built a bed of rags. Then she
had seven kittens. We named the last one Tippy
because the tip of her tail was white.
Grandma kept Tippy and gave the rest of them
away. I can’t wait to visit Grandma again. Do you think
Tippy might have kittens too?
Personal Narrative • Publish