Personal
Narrative
Task Cards
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
all about how I
broke my arm
at camp last
year
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Is it a personal
narrative?
a report about
the life of
George
Washington
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a story about
the time I went
to the circus
2
Is it a personal
narrative?
3
a story about
the day we
adopted our
puppy
4
Is it a personal
narrative?
a story all
about my mom
5
Is it a personal
narrative?
6
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a thank you
note to Grandma
for my birthday
gift
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
all about the
first time I rode
on an airplane
7
a piece all about
why students
should have
recess
8
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
a piece about
the time I helped
my team win a
big game
9
Is it a personal
narrative?
10
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a report about
the major
battles in the
Civil War
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narrative?
a poem about
the stars in the
sky
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all about how
to get to the
next level on a
video game
12
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
reasons why I
should have a
later bedtime
13
Is it a personal
narrative?
all about how
sad I was the
day my best
friend moved
14
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a story about
the time I won a
fish at the fair
Is it a personal
narrative?
15
a story about
how scared I
was on the first
day of school
16
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
all about the
time Grandma
took me
strawberry
picking
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Is it a personal
narrative?
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a report about
the planet Mars
18
Is it a personal
narrative?
step-by-step
directions to
make fudge
brownies
a list of chores
that I have to
do after school
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Is it a personal
narrative?
a paragraph
about my
teacher
21
Is it a personal
narrative?
22
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a story about
the time I built a
model airplane
with Dad
Is it a personal
narrative?
Is it a personal
narrative?
an article about
a new movie
coming out
23
all about how
my friends
surprised me at
my party
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Personal Narrative Task Cards
Read the card and write yes or no in the boxes below.
Name:
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Personal Narrative Task Cards
Read the card and write yes or no in the boxes below.
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2.
yes
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3.
yes
8.
yes
13.
9.
14.
19.
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no
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no
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no
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no
no
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yes
no
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yes
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no
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no
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yes
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Name:
yes
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no
yes
Punctuating
Dialogue
Task Cards
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
A.
“Time for school
A.
“I want to play
outside,” I said.
B.
“Time for school
Mom called.”
B.
“I want to play
outside” I said.
C.
“Time for school,”
Mom called.
C.
“I want to play
outside I said.”
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Mom called.
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
A.
“I did it she
exclaimed.
A.
Can I pet your
dog she asked?
B.
“I did it!” she
exclaimed.
B.
“Can I pet your
dog?” she asked.
C.
“I did it,” she
exclaimed!
C.
“Can I pet your
dog” she asked?
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2
4
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
Good morning,
Mom whispered.
“Keep your eye on
the ball!” coach yelled!
B.
“Keep your eye on
the ball!” coach yelled.
“Good morning”
Mom whispered.
C.
“Good morning,”
Mom whispered.
“Keep your eye on
the ball” coach yelled.
B.
C.
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Which is correct?
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A.
A.
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Which is correct?
A.
“I like your shirt,”
she complimented.
A.
Did you finish your
chores” Mom asked?
B.
“I like your shirt, she
complimented.”
B.
“Did you finish your
chores?” Mom asked.
C.
“I like your shirt”
she complimented.
C.
“Did you finish your
chores Mom asked?”
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Which is correct?
Which is correct?
“Apples are my
favorite fruit,” I said.
A.
“You scared me”
she exclaimed!
B.
“Apples are my
favorite fruit” I said.
B.
“You scared me,
she exclaimed.”
C.
“Apples are my
favorite fruit, I said.”
C.
“You scared me!”
she exclaimed.
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A.
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
A.
“I’ll check the mail,”
I offered.
A.
“Brush your teeth”
Mom ordered.
B.
“I’ll check the mail,”
I offered!
B.
“Brush your teeth,”
Mom ordered.
C.
“I’ll check the mail” I
offered.
C.
“Brush your teeth
Mom ordered.”
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Which is correct?
Which is correct?
She asked the class,
“Who’s finished.”
A.
She called, “I’m
home!”
B.
She asked the class,
“Who’s finished?”
B.
She called “I’m
home!”
C.
She asked the class
“Who’s finished?”
C.
She called, “I’m
home!
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A.
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
A.
Dad whispered, I
love you.”
A.
She screamed,
“Help!”
B.
Dad whispered, “I
love you.”
B.
She screamed
“Help.”
C.
Dad whispered “I
love you.”
C.
“She screamed
Help!”
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Which is correct?
Which is correct?
She asked, “May I go
to the restroom.”
A.
I thought, ‘how can
that be true?”
B.
She asked, “May I go
to the restroom?”
B.
C.
She asked “May I go
to the restroom”?
I thought, “How
can that be
true?”
C.
I thought “How
can that be true.
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A.
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
A.
He announced, “I
am so hungry!”
A.
She shouted “don’t
forget your lunch!”
B.
He announced “I
am so hungry”!
B.
“She shouted, don’t
forget your lunch!”
C.
He announced, I
am so hungry!”
C.
She shouted, “Don’t
forget your lunch!”
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Which is correct?
A.
She admitted, “It
was tough!”
A.
He stated “I
wasn’t thirsty.
B.
She admitted. “It
was tough”
B.
He stated. “I
wasn’t thirsty,”
C.
She admitted, it
was tough.”
C.
He stated, “I
wasn’t thirsty.”
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Which is correct?
A.
He said, “I can’t
because I have
plans”.
B.
He said, “I can’t
because I have
plans.”
C.
He said “I can’t
because I have plans”
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Which is correct?
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Which is correct?
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A.
Dad, warned,
“Don’t run”!
B.
Dad warned,
“Don’t run!”
C.
Dad warned!
“Don’t run.”
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Punctuating Dialogue Task Cards
Read the card and write the correct letter in the box.
Name:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
9.
10.
1 1.
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Punctuating Dialogue Task Cards
Read the card and write the correct letter in the box.
1.
2.
C
7.
3.
A
8.
A
13.
9.
14.
19.
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A
A
B
18.
B
23.
C
C
12.
17.
22.
A
C
C
B
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1 1.
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21.
C
B
A
A
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10.
15.
20.
A
B
B
B
4.
Name:
B
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B
B
Personal Narrative
Prompts
Task Cards
Write about a
time that you
did something
special with
your brother
or sister.
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Write about a
time when
you gave
someone a
special gift.
Write about a
time when
something
really
surprising
happened to
you.
Write about a
time that you
had to do
something
that you didn’t
want to do.
Write about a
special thing
that
happened on
a field trip.
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Write about
a time when
you had to
miss school.
Write about a
time when
you met
someone
new.
Write about
something
you did when
a friend
came over to
play.
Write about
something
that
happened on
your first
day of
school.
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Write about
the last meal
you shared
with your
family.
Write about a
time when
you rode an
airplane, train
or bus.
Write about a
time when
you had a
disagreement
with a friend
or sibling.
Write about
something
that
happened
while you
were playing
outside.
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Write about
something
that
happened at
a party that
you
attended.
Write about a
time that you
tricked
someone or
they tricked
you.
Write about a
time when
something
made you
laugh really
hard.
Write about
something
that
happened
while you
were at the
store.
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Write about
a time that
you had to
work really
hard.
Write about
a time that
you went
out for ice
cream.
Write about a
time when
you were in a
performance.
Write about a
time that you
earned
money to buy
something
special.
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Write about
a time that
you missed
someone.
Write about
a time that
you made a
mistake.
Write about a
time when
you got
picked on by
someone else.