Personal Narrative: Tell Me What Happened
Language · Grades 2–8 · 10 cards · about 15 min
Personal-event prompts for eliciting a connected speech sample the student owns, each one specific enough that a one-line answer does not satisfy it.
Tell me about a time you got hurt. Start with where you were and who was with you.
Say it out loud
What's in this activity
- Tell me about a time you got hurt. Start with where you were and who was with you.
- Tell me about the best day you can remember. Say why it beat the others.
- Tell me about a time you were in trouble. Say what you thought would happen and what actually did.
- Tell me about a first day somewhere new. Describe the room before you describe the people.
- Tell me about a time somebody helped you when you had not asked.
- Tell me about a time a plan of yours fell apart. Say what you did next.
- Tell me about something you lost, and whether you ever found it.
- Tell me about a time you were proud of somebody else.
- Tell me about the funniest thing you have seen happen. Set it up before you get to the funny part.
- Tell me about a time you changed your mind about something.