7th Grade Language Arts: Personal Narrative Writing Project

Dear 7th Grade Families:

Your student is about to embark on a Narrative Writing Project, during which he or she will write a personal narrative based on a family member’s life experiences.

Your student will create a series of questions and then use those questions to interview an older relative. Once the interview is complete, the student will create a personal narrative essay to help tell the relative’s story. 

In class, students will develop questions for the interview, review each other’s work, and share what they have learned.  

I am asking you to help your student select a family member for this project and provide assistance in arranging the meeting. This meeting can take place in person, over the phone, or by using Skype, FaceTime, or email. While it is not your responsibility to conduct the interview, you may assist by recording the interview with a video camera or tape recorder.

When students learn about the memories of other people, it can help them become more thoughtful readers and writers in other contexts. With this activity, students will also gain a better appreciation of how daily life has, and has not, changed over the years.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Payne