Justyce Schilz Ms. Lehmann English 2-2A 9 October 2019 Albion We entered an old,creepy house.The house was filled with cobwebs, it was dark inside, the floors where super creaky, you could hear the screaming of the people in front of us. That’s when the chainsaw ripped on, and I realized that this was a huge mistake. “You have no choice,Justyce.You are coming with us!” Kalea said. “Why don’t I have a choice,” I asked curiously. “You are coming to Albion with us on Saturday, and you don’t have a choice!” “Let me think about it, and I will get back to you.” I went home and thought long and hard about this choice. I knew that I did not want to go because I do not like scary things, and Kalea knew that. I was thinking about it, and I could only think about all the things that could go wrong. My heart started to pound like the beat of a drum just thinking about it. I did not want my friends to think I was lame, so I thought I should go, but I knew that I probably would not have fun. “Have you made up your mind?” asked Kalea. “I guess I will go,” I said, still not 100% sure that it was what I wanted. It was Saturday, October 25, 2017, the day that I dreaded because it was the day we went to Albion. When we got to Albion, my heart started to beat fast again. I listened at all the terrifying screams that where coming from the other side of the fence, and that was when I realized I wanted to go home. “Come on,Justyce.Do not back down now. You have made it this far; you might as well go,” Kalea said. “I’m not backing down. Just thinking about other things right now,” I replied. Inreality, I just did not want to be there, but I could not tell my friends that. We walked through the gates and got our wrist bands to go into the first house. When we arrived and stood there waiting at the door, I felt like I was going to throw up. I kept telling myself that I would be okay,but I knew that this was a bad idea. The door opened to the first house and it was too late to back out. I made it longer than I thought without getting super scared.We went up to the next floor, and that’s when I knew that I should have stayed home. We turned the corner after we walked up the stairs, and a guy with a chainsaw came from behind the corner. The chainsaw scared all of us half to death, but then this clown came up behind me, and that’s when I started crying. Clowns are the one thing that scare me the most. Having a clown that close to me, I felt like I was going to pee my pants. That’s when I decided that I had had enough, and I wanted to go home. After we finished through the house, I went and sat in the car with Kalea’s mom and ate doughnuts. At the end of the night, my friends came back to the car and said how much fun they had. “You should have stayed with us,Justyce.It wasn’t even that scary!” Kalea said. “I liked staying in the car and eating doughnuts,” I said. “Lame,” replied Kalea. That night was the night that I realized how much I do not like scary things. I gave it a shot, and it just was not my thing. My friends made fun of me for a while, but in the end, I think we all had fun, just not in the same way. My goal is to go back to Albion and make it through all three houses!
Personal Narrative Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
To write this paper, you had to make sure to include lots of details to get the reader more involved. To start writing the paper, I had to make an outline of events that happened and include dialogue, imagery, and show don't tell. Next,I had to write a rough draft and get it corrected. Then I had to go back through and correct my paper. 2. What qualifies this paper as a narrative? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them? To make this a narrative you have to use imagery, dialogue, and show don't tell. I met these requirements by making sure that I included all three of these key points into my story to make it better. I showed how the characters felt through out the story, how they talked about what was going on, and how this story took place and tried to make it as real as. possible for the reader.
3. What is one part of your story that you think turned out really well? What do you like about that part? I think my hook turned out really well. I like that I used lots of detail and tried to draw the reader into the story before it even began. I feel like I grabbed the readers attention to draw them in and make them want to keep reading and finish my story.