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Personal Narrative Planner

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📝 Part 1: Plan your story

WALT: write a personal narrative that describes an experience and how we felt.

Success criteria: I can name my experience, say how I felt, and list beginning, middle and end.

1. Choose the experience you'll write about:

A short memory from home

A special day at school

A time I tried something new

A moment I felt proud

2. What was the main emotion you felt?

Happy

Sad

Excited

Worried

Proud

3. What happened? Write 1–2 short sentences describing the main event.
4. Where and when did it happen? (place and date DD/MM/YYYY)
5. Who was there? (check all that apply)

Family

Friend

Teacher

Just me

Pet

✏️ Part 2: Story map & draft starters

WALT: organise our story with a clear beginning, middle and end and use emotion words.

Differentiation: Years 1–3: use drawing, sentence starters or oral scribing. Years 4–6: add descriptive details, dialogue or varied sentences. Provide word banks or voice-to-text where needed.

Extension: Add a problem and resolution or include a short conversation (dialogue) in your draft.

6. Beginning — What happened first? Write one sentence.
7. Middle — What was the main event or problem? How did you feel then?
8. End — How did it finish or how did you feel at the end?
9. Choose a sentence starter to begin your draft:

One day, I...

I will never forget when I...

It was the day when...

10. Draw one important scene from your story. Label people, place or feelings.
11. Peer sharing: write one kind feedback sentence you could say to a classmate.

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