Personal Narrative TEKS



Personal Narrative TEKS

|Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences (3rd & 4th). Students are |

|expected to write a personal narrative that conveys thoughts and feelings about an experience (5th). |

|3.19A |4.17A |5.17A |

|Writing. Students write about their own |Writing. Students write about their own |  Writing. Students write about their own |

|experiences. Students are expected to write about|experiences. Students are expected to write about|experiences. Students are expected to write a |

|important personal experiences. |important personal experiences. |personal narrative that conveys thoughts and |

| | |feelings about an experience. |

|ABOUT IMPORTANT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES |ABOUT IMPORTANT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES |A PERSONAL NARRATIVE THAT CONVEYS THOUGHTS AND |

|Including, but not limited to: |Including, but not limited to: |FEELINGS |

|• Journals/diaries |• Journals/diaries |ABOUT EXPERIENCES |

|• Reflections |• Reflections |Features of narrative include, but are not |

|• Short stories |• Short stories |limited to: |

| | |• Characters |

| | |• Descriptive language |

| | |• Series of actions |

| | |• Beginning, middle, and end |

| | |• Sometimes include dialogue |

|6.16A |7.16A |8.16A |

|Writing. Students write about their own | Writing. Students write about their own |  Writing. Students write about their own |

|experiences. Students are expected to write a |experiences. Students are expected to write a |experiences. Students are expected to write a |

|personal narrative that has a clearly defined |personal narrative that has a clearly defined |personal narrative that has a clearly defined |

|focus and communicates the importance of or |focus and communicates the importance of or |focus and includes reflections on decisions, |

|reasons for actions and/or consequences. |reasons for actions and/or consequences. |actions, and/or consequences. |

| | | |

|A PERSONAL NARRATIVE |A PERSONAL NARRATIVE |A PERSONAL NARRATIVE |

|Including, but not limited to: |Including, but not limited to: |Including, but not limited to: |

|• Shows a clearly defined focus |• Shows a clearly defined focus |• Shows a clearly defined focus |

|• Communicates the importance of or reasons for |• Communicates the importance of or reasons for |• Communicates the importance of or reasons for |

|actions or consequences |actions or consequences |actions or consequences |

|• Conveys thoughts and feelings |• Conveys thoughts and feelings |• Conveys thoughts and feelings |

|• Uses appropriate voice |• Uses appropriate voice |• Uses appropriate voice |

|Features of narrative include, but are not |Features of narrative include, but are not |Features of narrative include, but are not |

|limited to: |limited to: |limited to: |

|• Characters |• Characters |• Characters |

|• Descriptive language |• Descriptive language |• Descriptive language |

|• Series of actions |• Series of actions |• Series of actions |

|• Well-defined beginning, middle, and end |• Well-defined beginning, middle, and end |• Well-defined beginning, middle, and end |

|• Dialogue (sometimes) |• Dialogue (sometimes) |• Dialogue (sometimes) |

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|Personal narrative - an expressive literary |Personal narrative - an expressive literary |Personal narrative - an expressive literary |

|piece written in first person that centers on a |piece written in first person that centers on a |piece written in first person that centers on a |

|particular event in the author’s life |particular event in the author’s life |particular event in the author’s life |

|and may contain vivid description as well as |and may contain vivid description as well as |and may contain vivid description as well as |

|personal commentary and observations. |personal commentary and observations. |personal commentary and observations. |

| | | |

|The purpose of a personal |The purpose of a personal |The purpose of a personal |

|narrative is to entertain, but it can also be |narrative is to entertain, but it can also be |narrative is to entertain, but it can also be |

|used to teach or inform. |used to teach or inform |used to teach or inform |

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