Narrative+Story+Part+II-+Minae+Kwon

**Part II: Prewriting (post on your wiki page)**
List 5 events of significance in your life. List 5 moments that last no more than 5 minutes where you had an aha or you didn't realize at the time the significance.

Choose two of those events and free write for 4-6 minutes about each of them. Choose one of the events and add setting and dialogue.

Choose an event (either the ones you brainstormed with or another one) and answer the following questions: What is the thesis? What is the significance (one sentence)? What is the setting? Write one sentence or phrase for each of the senses (taste, touch, smell. . .)

Start writing.

__5 Events of Significance:__ 1. Being able to use public transportation by myself 2. Wakeboarding (realizing the importance of overcoming fear) 3. Earning 300,000 won from a summer job 4. Finishing reading a 300-page book in one day 5. Successfully completing an interview at a British boarding school, and getting accepted

__5 Events Where I had an "Aha!"__ 1. Realizing that keeping fit throughout the whole year was important 2. Realized what true friends were 3. Realized the importance of showing kindness to siblings 4. Realized that taking care of a dog had a lot more responsibilities. Not being able to recognize the significantly huge amount of responsibility when buying a dog 5. Realized the importance of commitment

Wakeboarding It was another sunny day of the summer of 2005. I dragged my feet along as I walked down the steps into the familiar building. I got started right away. I changed into a wakeboarding outfit, put on my board, and was ready to ride. As the motor boat pulled its engine, the frightful and unpleasant sound of buzzing, whirling, and humming occurred, as if the motor engine was choking on water. I tightly gripped the handle that was connected to the boat by a long rope as I was dragged into the water. As I glided across the surface of the water, dead fish and huge pieces of trash were floating by. It was utterly revolting.

Summer Job I started with a deep breathe as I entered the classroom. Ten little sparkling eyes were all focused on me as I nervously introduced myself to the teacher and to the kids. The class was awfully noisy, with children screaming out the answers, running around and laughing. I was working as a teacher's assistant in an academy. It was a lot tougher than I had expected. Grading the student's work, and helping them understand the class material as the teacher was teaching the class. While grading the huge amount of papers, I had mistaken the word "friend" for "Friday", given that their handwriting was so terribly hard to read and marked the answer wrong. When I had finished marking them and gave it back to the students. Suddenly there was a sharp yelp as a young boy rushed up to me, complaining that something was wrong.

Summer Job I started with a deep breathe as I entered the colorfully decorated classroom. Ten little sparkling eyes were all focused on me as I nervously introduced myself to the teacher and to the kids. The class was awfully noisy, with children screaming out the answers, running around and laughing. I was working as a teacher's assistant in an academy. It was a lot tougher than I had expected. Grading the student's work, and helping them understand the class material as the teacher was teaching the class. While grading the huge amount of papers, I had mistaken the word "friend" for "Friday", given that their handwriting was so terribly hard to read and marked the answer wrong. When I had finished marking them and gave it back to the students. Suddenly there was a sharp yelp as a young boy rushed up to me, shouting with incorrect grammar, "Why this wrong!? This is 'friend' not 'Friday.' I will tell mom." I apologized sincerely, thinking to myself that this was going to be a long summer.

__**Final Event:Wakeboarding**__ Thesis: It is important to listen to one's own decisions sometimes Significance: This shows the importance of not giving up, and that the rewards are great in the end. Setting: Han Gang River Taste: Clear and blank Touch: Cold hard acute pain across my whole body Sight: White sprays of the muddy water Smell: Smell of the stingy river filled with junk Hearing: Buzzing of the motor engine