How do you use a timeline in a personal narrative?

How do you use a timeline in a personal narrative?

In this lesson, you will learn how to improve your personal narrative by using a timeline to remember important details.

The Writing Process: Brainstorm DRAFT Revise Edit Publish

Writing without using important details makes a weak story for the reader.

List the events of your story along a timeline. 1 • Eliminate the parts of the story that are not important to the story. 2 Add in parts that may be missing that are important by writing in events on the timeline, and use them to create your draft. 3

1 List the events of your story on the timeline Got a mini bike from my godfather The bike was a Honda z50 bright red Invited my cousin and friends over to ride my mini bike. Lost control of the mini bike Rode the mini bike into my neighbor's car My friends were shocked My friends laughed I told my mother My mother told me to tell Mr. Robinson I told Mr. Robinson

2 Eliminate parts of the story that are not important to the story. Got a mini bike from my godfather The bike was a Honda z50 bright red Invited my cousin and friends over to ride my mini bike Lost control of the mini bike Rode the mini bike into my neighbor's car My friends were shocked My friends laughed I told my mother My mother told me to tell Mr. Robinson I told Mr. Robinson

Add in parts that were missing that are important to the story. 3 Got a mini bike from my godfather Invited my cousin and friends over to ride my mini bike in my neighborhood Lost control of the mini bike Rode the mini bike into my neighbor's car My mother told me to tell Mr. Robinson I told Mr. Robinson I forgot that the mini bike was in gear I told my mother, she grounded me. He appreciated that I told him. He called me a man.

It was my first day with my new mini bike that my god father gave me. My cousin and I were having fun riding the little motorcycle up and down the street. I was afraid of it at first, but as I rode more I became more confident. I was being cocky and forgot that I had put the bike in gear when I let go of the clutch to rest. The bike popped a wheelie with me holding on for dear life. I didn’t see anything until the last minute, then WHAM! I rode the bike into the side of Mr. Robinson’s new car. I looked at his car and felt bad for what I did. As I scraped myself off of the ground I knew I was in for it. I told my mother what had happened and she made me put the bike away.I was not allowed to ride it for a month. .

Then she made me do something even worse…she made me tell Mr. Robinson. I knew he was going to explode. I crept up to his door and knocked, praying he wasn’t home, but I knew he was. He came to the door smiling and greeted me. From that point on everything went into slow motion. I could not hear myself tell him what I had done, but from his reaction I knew that I had told him. After he got over the initial shock, he put his hand on my shoulder and said “thank you for telling me, it takes a real man to admit his mistakes.” I didn’t know what to say, I felt bad for what I had done, but I also felt proud that Mr. Robinson called me a man.

List the events of your story along a timeline 1 2 • Eliminate parts of the story that are not important to the story Add in parts that may be missing that are important by writing in events on the timeline, and use them to create your draft 3

In this lesson you have learned how to improve your personal narrative by using a timeline to remember important details.

Ok it’s your turn….. List the events of your story along a time line.

Step 2 Eliminate parts of the story that are not important to the story Step 3…….. Put in important events of your story on the timeline, and use them to create your rough draft.

Make a timeline of the last field trip you took with your class or an outing with your family. Be sure to include all the important actions!!

Write a timeline for an event that used an OBJECT that is important to you.

Think of another person that is important to you, decide on an event or memory you have of that person, and write a timeline for a personal narrative.

How do you use a timeline in a personal narrative?