Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Incident
Beginning
-Write about a single End
incident
-Identify the people,
places, times and
objects involved • Tells the outcome
-Introduces the and importance of
-Describes the
incident in an the incident
incident using
interesting way descriptive details • Presents the writer’s
-Includes the people and dialogue feelings about the
involved and the experience NOW
-Describe your
setting feelings THEN
-Tell why the incident
is important to you
RUBRIC STANDARDS FOR
WRITING
A successful autobiographical
incident should:
TARGET SKILL:
MAKING THE ORDER OF EVENTS CLEAR
To help your readers understand the order in
which things happened, use transitional words
and phrases. Some words that indicate time
include: to start off, at first, second, next, then,
after, earlier, before, later, finally, and at the
present time.
Writing Your Autobiographical Incident
TARGET SKILL :
MAKING THE ORDER OF EVENTS CLEAR
Transitions are especially important if you
begin your narrative in the middle of the
incident or at the conclusion of the
incident.
EDITING
Correcting
“Errors” &
“Mistakes”
EDITING
• Spelling
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Grammar & Usage
EDITING
Punctuation
• Periods at the end of sentences
• Quotation marks for dialogue
EDITING
Capitalization
• of proper nouns
• Letters of the first word in
sentences
EDITING
Grammar & Usage
• NO Run-on sentences
• NO sentence fragments
• Subject-Verb Agreement
That’s All