1.  What should you do FIRST when you are presented with a prompt?

a) write an essay about it without organizing your thoughts

b) mark up the prompt, identifying key words or phrases

c) organize your thoughts into a graphic organizer



2.  Why is it important that we organize our narratives into graphic organizers?

a) to make sure that the sequence of events is in the order that it happened

b) to get all of our ideas onto paper to see if there is anything that is missing or unnecessary

c) to make sure that our paper is well organized so that our reader can easily follow our story

d) all of the above



3. Which of the following is an example of a personal narrative?

a) a story about what you did yesterday after school

b) a story about what your friend did after school

c) a story about what Ms. Koppe did after school


4. True or False:  
  A personal narrative can be about something made up. 
a) True
b) False

5. True or False:
    A personal narrative can be about a person.  
a) True
b) False