‘A personal narrative tells a story about an important experience in the writers life and how it made the writer feel. ’ Parts of a Personal Narrative A lead sentence that gets the reader's attention Several sentences that tell what the story is about ‘A middle that tells what happened in time order or sequence Details and dialogue ‘An ending that shows how the story worked out or what the writer learned A Risky Fossil Hunt Beginning Interesting first —* If it wasn’t for luck, I might not be here to tell my story. sentence Ithappened when my Uncle Jerry and I went fossil hunting in the Robledo Mountains. Uncle Jerry is very brave, and he isa risk taker. Or maybe I should say that he was a risk mudd taker until he got us into a very risky situation. Tals tryin —* It wasa good day for fossil hunting. The weather ico ‘was warm, but not too warm, and the sun » Other Transitions was shining, making it easy to see fossils in Oi the rocks. First, Uncle Jerry drove us in his Then Jeep up the rocky trails. Then we hiked to a Aer hiking @ while new spot. He said that no man except him. oR had ever been there before and that I would Before. be the only other person who knew where it Now Vivid deals Uncle Jerry had a chisel and hammer in his knapsack ane ed —+ and enough water and granola bars for us both. He let me foninge carry the pry bar. After hiking a while, we climbed up a steep, rocky hill. Finally, we reached the top, and I felt happy to start looking for fossils. 128+ Grades Dialogue helps ‘make the story. —* interesting, Ending ‘Suddenly, [heard a noise coming from a creosote bush about ten feet away. Snort-snort-grunt, “Uncle Jerry,” Lasked, “what's that sound?” Before he could ahswer, out scampered a baby javelina. If you don’t know what that is it's a wild pig. The baby was 0 cute with its fat, hairy body, long legs, and piggy snout. “Freeze!” said Uncle Jerry. “Don't move.” stood stil. It felt ike time and everything else froze. 1 sensed something behind me, and then I heard a snort-sort- ‘grunt much louder than the baby’s. “Easy. Easy,” Uncle Jerry whispered. “Don't move. Don't even look at the baby. Its mother is about twenty feet behind you, and she's real mad.” (Oh great, I thought. We're stuck between a killer pig. and its baby, and no one knows where we are. My heart pounded hard. Then [felt a whoosh of air as the baby javelina rushed past my leg, The mother followed. I almost sereamned, but I didn’t, Suort-snort-grunt. Snort-snort-grunt, Their cries disappeared into the distance. “Close call,” said Uncle Jerry. Tals what the + breathed a sigh of relief. Though the rocky hill that ter learned ._ Uncle Jerry had found was a great place for fossil hunting, it was also filled with cute but wild animals. That day, earned how important it is to stay calm in an emergency. I also learned that some risks are not always worth taking, Personal Narrative + 128