In my narrative sample, I will be writing a report about Jen’s recount. Her chronological age is known to be ten years old. The setting for the language sample was taken place at her family house in their living room. When Jen is at home, she tends to be more comfortable with speaking with whoever she sees in her house. Jen enjoy speaking out loud at home about her ideas and personal experience. She tends to be more excited when she talks about something she had experienced in her previous experience. Therefore, she will be sharing about her personal experience about her camping trip and her pet cat.
Narrative Transcription In my elementary school, I went to a camping trip with my teacher and class. My teacher is called Ms. Toy and there
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The way Jen describe her experience at camp is a recount. Recounts is about a child talking about her past experience in which she participated or read about that is also requested by an adult. Jen produced the following story grammar components in the narrative setting statement. An example that was provided would be when she introduced her cat Pocky and how she is fluffy. Another example was when Jen stated that she went on a camping trip with her classmates and teacher. An initiating event was when Pocky ran away and Jen was seeking for her pet cat for a few hours during night time. An internal response occurred when Jen was sad and she started missing her cat when she went missing. An internal plan would be Jen bringing her cat to the pet hospital to get her checked to see if she was safe throughout her pregnancy process. She also stated that she will make sure to have a monthly check up at the pet hospital to make sure her cat is doing good. An example of attempt was when Jen was following the squirrel even though she was very scared of what might happen. She wanted to find her cat so she had to follow a wild animal for Pocky’s safety which can lead to danger. The direct consequence was when Jen finally found Pocky by following the squirrel. Finding her pet cat was Jen’s goal and it was her successful goal. An example of a Reaction was when Jen stated how she was very happy and …show more content…
I learned that a child who share their thoughts can form into recounts, accounts, event casts, and stories. Jen was the child that I had recorded and her narrative development was her telling me about her recounts. She began sharing her experience about her camping trip and her lovely cat. When I was listening to your recounts, I had noticed a few sequence of stages in the development of story grammars that Jen had covered while explaining her experiences at camp such as descriptive sequence, action sequences, and reaction sequence. These sequence of stages in the development of story grammars demonstrates her ideas while sharing her recounts to another person. She explains in detail about her personal experience and she gets excited while sharing this recount with me because it is something that she is interested in and she knows clearly what the topic is about since she experienced this recount in her personal life. When I was working on the narrative development I struggled with writing Jen’s entire recount word by word because Jen speaks with excitement so she talks a bit fast. There were times where I had to ask her to repeat what she said as she was sharing her personal experience with me. It was difficult to hear her clearly till she repeats several time. During her narrative development, we were sitting across from each other so I can see her expression while speaking but it was just
[During the telling of the story there were no meaningful gestures, just pauses when the storyteller couldn't remember certain details, or when she wanted to take more sips of her macchiato. The storyteller did not relate the story with intonation or pitch changes, nor did her rate change. It was more like the stating of facts she knew.]
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a story written in the first person about a young girl named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is ironically based on the fact that Melinda chooses not to speak. The book is written in the form of a monologue in the mind of Melinda, a teenage introvert. This story depicts the story of a very miserable freshman year of high school. Although there are several people in her high school, Melinda secludes herself from them all. There are several people in her school that used to be her friend in middle school, but not anymore. Not after what she did over the summer. What she did was call the cops on an end of summer party on of her friends was throwing. Although all her classmates think there was no reason to call, only Melinda knows the real reason. Even if they cared to know the real reason, there is no way she could tell them. A personal rape story is not something that flows freely off the tongue. Throughout the story Melinda describes the pain she is going through every day as a result of her rape. The rape of a teenage girl often leads to depression. Melinda is convinced that nobody understands her, nor would they even if they knew what happened that summer. Once a happy girl, Melinda is now depressed and withdrawn from the world. She hardly ever speaks, nor does she do well in school. She bites her lips and her nails until they bleed. Her parents seem to think she is just going through a faze, but little do they know, their daughter has undergone a life changing trauma that will affect her life forever.
The last the point is that good writing stems from telling the truth. Lamott makes a very good point in this paper the best I think in this essay besides comparing writing a paper to bathing a cat. For this she quotes the American poet Flannery O’ Connor’s poem “Anyone who survived childhood as enough material to write for the rest of his or her life.” (95) She says even if your childhood was one that was terrible you can still use that material. She says that childhood memories are some of the easiest and yet hardest things to elaborate on without lying or just talk about in
The story was told in a completely believable tone of voice. The narration was not s...
Speak is a cleaver and an ironic title for a story in which the main character chooses not to speak. The story is written in first-person narration from the point of view of protagonist, Melinda Sordino. Speak is written like an interior monologue in the mind of an introverted teenage girl, like excerpts from her personal diary during her miserable freshman year of high school. Instead of blending in and finding her way through high school. She withdraws and secludes herself from the other students. She calls herself an "outcast." Melinda is so desperate to hide from the world; she turns an old janitor's closet at the high school into her safe haven. She cuts classes to hide in her closet. How lonely could this teenage girl be? All of these characteristics are common in assault victims. Melinda has been seriously disturbed by something traumatic and doesn't feel comfortable talking about it, nor does she really trust anyone. Teenage depression is a common
Experiencing a traumatic event can be emotionally challenging; however, many people have shown significant psychological growth and positive psychological change as a result. Speak illustrates the story of a girl who grows stronger as she overcomes her traumatic life event. It demonstrates that by facing her trauma she is able to deal with difficult memories and emotions. As she comes to the realization that she is not responsible for her victimization, she is able to heal and recover. At first, she is negatively affected, but as she grows, she finds the courage to speak up for herself. In Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda’s personal growth is positively impacted by overcoming her depression, isolation,
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Using a story to frame the issue, Tannen recounts the events at her book club, describing her experiences and feelings.
Have you ever been to another country, state, or even city and realized how different your accent may be? Have you been asked to repeat a word or phrase that you may say differently? Sometimes we were asked for a good laugh, but that’s not always the case. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, both authors use personal narrative to demonstrate how their lives and identity are affected by their language and culture.
My roommate told the story in a low, solemn tone, except raising her voice once or twice in the beginning to give the sense of her being unsure of her story. The story was told effectively with hand gestures and vocal inflections. There were a few occasions where she had to stop and think out what happened next, which is understandable because she hadn’t heard the story since she attended summer camp over ten years ago. Besides these instances, she used dramatic pausing to emphasize important events, and the dim lighting of the apartment helped to set the mood.
That trigger led her down a path of self-discovery and healing. By trying to help these kids she had to separate the child from the disorder, and in the process she was able to do the same for herself. Only by taking the drastic step of abandoning isolation, what was in her mind her safety zone, and reaching out to society for help and friendship was she ultimately able to free herself from her disorder.
The narration is broken up into paragraphs of various lengths, all of which contain long and detailed sentences. E...
The story is being told from the narrative mode. This can be observed in instances such as “I have to confess that behind his father 's back Phalina joined in their fun” and “But, as I have said before, he loved him with a kind of condescension.”