“Laughter is the best medicine.”

Do you agree with this statement?

How important is it to have a good sense of humour?

Who do you find funny? (doesn’t have to be someone famous).

What makes them funny?

What is humour? Write your definition in your notebook.

Definition:

A personal narrative is a brief account of an event the writer has experienced. In a humorous personal narrative, the writer’s purpose is to amuse the reader by emphasizing the comic nature of the event.

Humorous Personal Narrative

Humorous Personal NarrativeEmbarrassing experiences make good subjects for humorous

narratives.

Think about an embarrassing moment you (or someone you know) have experienced.

Was it funny at the time?

Are you still embarrassed about it now?

Can you share it with the class?

Here are a few embarrassing moments. How do they compare to yours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otlnl1cb1oM

Humorous Personal Narrative

Humorous Personal Narrative

“A Flying Start”Margaret Atwood’s humorous personal narrative.Language & Writing 9 (p.20-21)

Humorous Personal NarrativeCriteria:

Entertains the reader.

Has a beginning that establishes the writer as credible narrator and identifies nature of event to be recounted.

Often centers around typical character types.

Has details that are often arranged inchronological order.

Humorous Personal NarrativeCriteria:Focuses on a single event.

Told in the first person.

May include dialogue.

Can be funny through understatement or exaggeration.

Sometimes they end abruptly, leaving the reader to imagine the results, other times the loose ends are completely tied up.

Now it’s your turn to write your own

Humorous Personal Narrative.

Humorous Personal Narrative