Get your writers started on their personal essay with a activity that gently guides them into formulating some ideas they might use. Strengths, weaknesses, major experiences, influential individuals, all offer something that can be a story source.

Concepts

personal narratives

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• The worksheet presumes writers understand the concept of tone and how to develop the tone of a piece of writing

Pros

• The one-page worksheet provides writers with a place to start

Cons

• While the worksheet helps writers narrow their focus on a single topic, if offers no support for how to develop that topic