Narrative & Reflection
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
February 25, 2020
Nadia Vargas
Late Night
I woke up on a Saturday morning. I got out of bed to go get some breakfast and made toast and eggs. I ate my breakfast at the dining room table with my family. As soon as I was done eating breakfast, I went to go watch some TV. I watched “Stranger Things” on Netflix. I wanted to go to Kinley’s house, and I decided to ask my mom.
“Hey Mom, can I go to Kinley’s house?” I said.
“Sure, are you spending the night?” she said.
“Yeah,” I said.
I went to my room and texted Kinley that I could come over and spend the night. We made plans to take pictures for Instagram and go out to eat at Olive Garden. I grabbed my navy blue Under Armor bag to put my clothes in so I could have clothes to change into when we got ready to go to bed. I took a warm shower after I got done packing my bag. It took me around twenty minutes to take a shower. To get ready I had to get changed and do my makeup. My mom took me to Olive Garden to meet Kinley. Once my mom dropped me off, she gave me some money in case I wanted to get anything.
“Bye. I love you,” My mom said.
“Bye, I love you too,” I said.
I closed the car door and Kinley was waiting by the Olive Garden door. We went in and ordered food. The food was so good, and I was really full. Kinley and I both ordered Chicken Alfredo and lemonade. We left and we went to Kinley’s house. When we got to Kinley’s house, we wanted to take pictures; because it was a sunny day. We went on her roof to take some pictures, they actually turned out really good. We posted them on our Instagram and decided to go watch a movie inside. It started to get late after we finishes watching The Quiet Place, so we decided to go change into our sweatpants. We were getting a little hungry later on. Kinley went to go ask her mom if we could go to the store. Her mom said yes; her mom drove us to the store and we got Arizonas and chips.
We got home, and her parents were getting ready to go out with their friends, but before they left, Kinley asked if we could go outside on her roof. Her mom said yes because it was still unusually warm outside. We opened the back door and got the ladder from her shack. We got up on the roof. We laid down, looking at the shiny stars. We put on some music and talked about school and fun memories. Kinley’s mom called her.
“Go back inside right now. I just heard that a little kid got kidnapped two blocks away,” Kinley’s mom said.
“Ok,” said Kinley.
We stayed out there for just a little bit longer when we saw a van pass by. It was white, and it stopped outside her house. We both looked at each other with our eyes wide open. We heard to van door open, and we grabbed our phones and jumped down onto the trampoline. We quickly got off the trampoline. I almost fell getting off. Kinley was in front of me, and we opened the back door and ran to Kinley’s room. No one was home, and we were all alone. We went to go lock the doors and stayed in Kinley’s room with all the lights off. We were breathing so hard from running, and our hearts were racing with fear. We looked out the window, and the van was gone. We laid in bed thinking of what could happen. We texted our parents goodnight. We didn’t tell them what had happened because we were supposed to go in right when Kinley’s mom called us.
“Goodnight,” I told Kinley.
“Goodnight,” Kinley said back.
There wasn’t a lot to talk about, we were still in shock and just wanted to go to bed. I think we laid in bed terrified, but it was all over, and we went to bed hoping this would never happen to us ever again.
Personal Narrative Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
2. What qualifies this paper as a narrative? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
I think this is a narrative paper because I defined this story in my own words and I explained what really happened. I meet the requirements by having feeling and plots. I also had dialog in this story.
3. What is one part of your story that you think turned out really well? What do you like about that part?
I think the fourth paragraph was something I really did well on because I explained how I was feeling and I explained what we did after. Paragraph four was the most interesting because it was what happened that was the most intense part of the story.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
February 25, 2020
Nadia Vargas
Late Night
I woke up on a Saturday morning. I got out of bed to go get some breakfast and made toast and eggs. I ate my breakfast at the dining room table with my family. As soon as I was done eating breakfast, I went to go watch some TV. I watched “Stranger Things” on Netflix. I wanted to go to Kinley’s house, and I decided to ask my mom.
“Hey Mom, can I go to Kinley’s house?” I said.
“Sure, are you spending the night?” she said.
“Yeah,” I said.
I went to my room and texted Kinley that I could come over and spend the night. We made plans to take pictures for Instagram and go out to eat at Olive Garden. I grabbed my navy blue Under Armor bag to put my clothes in so I could have clothes to change into when we got ready to go to bed. I took a warm shower after I got done packing my bag. It took me around twenty minutes to take a shower. To get ready I had to get changed and do my makeup. My mom took me to Olive Garden to meet Kinley. Once my mom dropped me off, she gave me some money in case I wanted to get anything.
“Bye. I love you,” My mom said.
“Bye, I love you too,” I said.
I closed the car door and Kinley was waiting by the Olive Garden door. We went in and ordered food. The food was so good, and I was really full. Kinley and I both ordered Chicken Alfredo and lemonade. We left and we went to Kinley’s house. When we got to Kinley’s house, we wanted to take pictures; because it was a sunny day. We went on her roof to take some pictures, they actually turned out really good. We posted them on our Instagram and decided to go watch a movie inside. It started to get late after we finishes watching The Quiet Place, so we decided to go change into our sweatpants. We were getting a little hungry later on. Kinley went to go ask her mom if we could go to the store. Her mom said yes; her mom drove us to the store and we got Arizonas and chips.
We got home, and her parents were getting ready to go out with their friends, but before they left, Kinley asked if we could go outside on her roof. Her mom said yes because it was still unusually warm outside. We opened the back door and got the ladder from her shack. We got up on the roof. We laid down, looking at the shiny stars. We put on some music and talked about school and fun memories. Kinley’s mom called her.
“Go back inside right now. I just heard that a little kid got kidnapped two blocks away,” Kinley’s mom said.
“Ok,” said Kinley.
We stayed out there for just a little bit longer when we saw a van pass by. It was white, and it stopped outside her house. We both looked at each other with our eyes wide open. We heard to van door open, and we grabbed our phones and jumped down onto the trampoline. We quickly got off the trampoline. I almost fell getting off. Kinley was in front of me, and we opened the back door and ran to Kinley’s room. No one was home, and we were all alone. We went to go lock the doors and stayed in Kinley’s room with all the lights off. We were breathing so hard from running, and our hearts were racing with fear. We looked out the window, and the van was gone. We laid in bed thinking of what could happen. We texted our parents goodnight. We didn’t tell them what had happened because we were supposed to go in right when Kinley’s mom called us.
“Goodnight,” I told Kinley.
“Goodnight,” Kinley said back.
There wasn’t a lot to talk about, we were still in shock and just wanted to go to bed. I think we laid in bed terrified, but it was all over, and we went to bed hoping this would never happen to us ever again.
Personal Narrative Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
- Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
2. What qualifies this paper as a narrative? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
I think this is a narrative paper because I defined this story in my own words and I explained what really happened. I meet the requirements by having feeling and plots. I also had dialog in this story.
3. What is one part of your story that you think turned out really well? What do you like about that part?
I think the fourth paragraph was something I really did well on because I explained how I was feeling and I explained what we did after. Paragraph four was the most interesting because it was what happened that was the most intense part of the story.