The document provides guidance for annotating a passage about a personal experience. It instructs the reader to: 1. Underline the sentence that introduces the experience. 2. Circle descriptive details that help picture the experience. 3. Check sentences that are longer or compound. 4. Place a star next to each event. The passage then provides an example text to annotate, about a grandmother having a stroke and the narrator visiting her in a nursing home to understand their mother's view of family being most important.

1. Warm-Up: Copy this down.
1. Underline the sentence that
leads into the experience.
2. Circle descriptive details that
help the reader picture the
experience.
3. Check the sentences that
are longer (compound).
4. Place a star * next to each
event.

2. p. 65
My mother always said that family
should matter the most. Personally, I
didn’t agree. I was more interested in
spending time with my friends. Then,
one summer, my grandmother had a
stroke and I began to understand what
my mother meant.
Target: Create a personal narrative

3. Warm-Up: Copy this down.
1. Underline the sentence that
leads into the experience.
2. Circle descriptive details that
help the reader picture the
experience.
3. Check the sentences that
are longer (compound).
4. Place a star * next to each
event.
Target: Create a personal narrative

4. p. 65 Intro to “Family
Matters”
My mother always said that family
should matter the most. Personally, I
didn’t agree. I was more interested in
spending time with my friends. Then,
one summer, my grandmother had a
stroke and I began to understand what
my mother meant.
Target: Create a personal narrative
*

5. p. 65
My grandma’s stroke had been massive. She
could no longer move the left side of her
body. She had also lost vision in her left eye.
She needed around-the-clock care. She had
been a very independent person, so this was
a really big blow.
We went to visit my grandma at the nursing
home three times a week. The smell of the
place hit me like a slap in the face. The pale
colors of the floor and walls looked sad and
drained. Plus, the beginning of each visit was
always awkward because my grandmaTarget: Create a personal narrative

6. p. 65 Continued
At first, we would help her get more
comfortable. Grandma was often cold,
so we would get her a sweater and the
knitted hat she liked to wear. When the
weather was nice, we would wheel her
outside to sit in the sun. She said the
heat was “delicious.”
After a while, we would start talking and
forget about the place completely…
Listening to the stories made me feel
like I knew them, too.
Target: Create a personal narrative

7. Your turn!
Goals for the period:
Complete p. 66
Complete the
packet (due
Wednesday)
Target: Create a personal narrative

8. p. 65 “Engineering My Future”