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Lesson Plan: Using Epiphany in Personal NarrativeEnglish/ Language Arts Grades 9-12

Epiphany: a moment during which there is a sudden revelation that is life changing inthe way you think or act.

OBJE !"#E$:1. Write in a tone and voice appropriate for the genre of personal narrative.2. Revise drafts to improve style, word choice, gurative language, sentence variety, and

subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genrehave been addressed.

. !dit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

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$!EP 1 3Pre- or45 1. "ass out a variety of e#amples of personal narratives from the $Real %tories& section of

Reach'ut.com . %tudents can work in groups or individually, but each group should havea di(erent story from a di(erent category on the website, such as $)riendships * "eerRelationships& or $+aintaining ood -ealth&. 'r, if students have access to computers,allow them to choose a story on their own.

2. %tudents will read their assigned story, paying careful attention to the situation faced by

the author and considering what he she may have learned from that e#perience. /hen,have students ll in a chart similar to the one below0

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%he started tolaughuncontrollably atthe sound oftrombones beingplayed in'rchestra class,which remindedher of the soundof farts. /histaught her thatlaughter couldgive her freedomfrom the fear oftalking to others.

%he began tolaugh more,which gave herenergy and apositive spirit.<etting go of herfear also freedher up to en?oyher life andothers.

. 7llow students to share their ndings with the class, if time allows.

$!EP 2 Brainstor%ing1. -ave students choose a di@cult e#perience they went through that led them to an

epiphany.2. -ave students create a word web or outline to tell their story. Remind them that it

should be about a speci c moment from their own life that taught them a lesson. /hefocus should be on the epiphany, but the reader needs to understand what helpedthem get there, and the only way to do that is to tell a story. -ere are some ideas toget them started.

1. Write about a tough time you e#perienced at school, with friends, family oryourself.

2. Write about a tough time when you learned that something you alwaysthought to be true, really wasnAt so.

. Write about a tough time that taught you something about yourself thatchanged your life.

9. Write about a tough time that taught you something that changed yourthinking.

$!EP 8 3 ra(ting5-ave students write the rough draft of their story, adding details, dialogue andcharacters where necessary to make the story clear. /hen, have students apply thefollowing checklist to their drafts to make sure they have all the elements of epiphany :Bou may also want to consider peer editing;0

s there enough detail for my reader to understand the e#perience that led up to myepiphanyC

s my di@cult situation clearC s there any information can add or take away to make itclearerC

s there a speci c and de nable moment of epiphanyCDoes my story show how the epiphany changed my lifeC

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$!EP 3)evising/Editing51. -ave students make changes according to what they found from the checklist. Bou may

want to do a second revision check after they have made one round of changes.2. -ave students correct errors in spelling, grammar and or punctuation.

$!EP ; 3Pu0lishing51. -ave students type their nal draft and submit it for grading.2. :'ptional; -ave students re>read their stories to see if it meets Reach'ut standards,

meaning it shows how the student got through a tough time and can show othersconstructive ways to get through their own hard times. /hen have students submit their

nished drafts to the Reach'ut site for publicationE %tudents can submit their storiesdirectly to the Reach'ut site by following the link below0

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