Peronsal Narrative Outline

Personal Narrative Outline:

Place: My old house in Bay Colony , family room

What place are you writing about? Why? Write a paragraph describing what the place looks like—the physical description.

I am writing about the house that my family moved into right before my parents got divorced. I am writing about this because it was a very hard time for me and my strongest memories are from this time period. Our house was one story in the shape of a U with the back yard in the middle. The house was painted a light brown color with a lot of greenery. In the family room is where my siblings and I were told that my parents are getting a divorce and that room would be the center of the narrative. The room had a very open concept with dark wood floors. You walk down two granite tile steps into a large room with one big couch. The couch and coffee table sat on top of a dark light brown rug, facing our huge TV. Behind the couch was a built in unit with a bunch of shelves that held books, phot albums, pictures etc. This room also had French doors so you could see directly out to the intercostal and our backyard.

Outline at least THREE times you’ve been in this place and what happened.

Who was there? What are their descriptions?

What was said?

What was done?

What did you see? Hear? Think? Feel?

How old were you?

1. December 18, 2014 was the first day of our winter break my sophomore year of high school, making me 16. I walked home knowing that my parents had to talk to us after school. This was the first time that we had a super important meeting in the family room. My siblings, parents, and our dog were all sitting in the room and they explained to us why they were getting divorced.

2. The next time was in April of that school year when we found out that my mom picked up and left our house. However, this time it was just my dad, us 4 kids, and the dog. My mom was already gone. We spoke about what happened, why this happened, and what’s going to happen from now. Because the real divorce was setting in

3. One of the last times that we sat on this couch was June of 2014. this was the day that we were moving out of the house. My dad finally was able to sell the house and find another place for us to rent. It was time to us to say goodbye to everything. We weren’t bringing anything with us that has been with us for the past 15 year. Especially that couch who has been though everything with us. Once again this conversation was also only between my dad, us kids, and our dog.

- My feelings were the same during all of these situations: anger frustration, confusion , and sadness

- Everyone in my family looks similar: dark brown eyes, dark hair (except Rocco is dirty blonde) , and olive/tan skin