Writing Assignment
Due – April 3rd
Personal Narrative – Three Wishes
Summary: All of us have probably heard the story about the Genie in the
bottle that would grant the person who opened it three wishes. We have all
probably wished, at some time in our lives, that we would come across such a
bottle and be granted three wishes of our own choice.
Assume that you have found such a bottle, and the Genie will grant you three
wishes. There is one catch to this Genie. He will not grant wishes that are
destructive or hurtful to you or to others.
Write a multi-paragraph narrative telling me what those three wishes would be
and the effects that they would have on your life or the lives of others who
would be involved or named in the wishes. Be specific.
Form: A Personal Narrative
Writer’s Perspective: You will write as yourself.
Purpose: Your goal is this writing assignment is to write a multi- paragraph
personal narrative.
Audience: Your audience will be your teacher.
FCAs
1 – Dialogue
2 – Good paragraphing (indenting paragraphs; paragraphs that contain related
ideas)
3 – Transitions – (To trigger a sequence)
4 – Sentence variety
5 – Descriptive words
6- Use of figurative language
