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CA: Overcoming Obstacles Narrative Essay

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10 questions

Pre-Writing

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In the space below, TRANSLATE the English words listed here into Spanish. Use www.Spanishdict.com to help you translate the words.

1. Goal
2. Accomplish
3. Achieve
4. Proud
5. Success
6. Reach

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Part A: Beginning/Goals

Q1:What are some goals you have accomplished as a teenager?
Check all the goals you have accomplished.

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Part A:
If you selected "other" in the previous question, please share what other goal(s) you have accomplished.
Other:

Then, write a sentence to answer this question.
Q2: Which of your accomplished goals do you feel most proud of? Why? I am most proud of _______ because ________.


I am most proud of improving my English because _______.

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Part B: Middle/Obstacles

1. Explain how difficult it was to accomplish your goals. Describe your emotions.
I felt ___________.

2. Why could you not achieve your goals? I could not achieve my goals because________.

3. Who helped you reach your goals?
______ helped my reach my goals because he/she/they _____.

4. Were you successful? If not, why not?
Yes, I was successful in achieving my goal(s) of… OR
No, I was not successful in achieving my goal(s) of...because…

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Part C: End/Future goals or lesson learned

1. What have you learned from the goals or the situation?
I learned that _________.

2. What are your future goals? What new obstacles do you think you will meet? How will you react?
My future goals are__________.
I think some of the new obstacles in my life will be__________. I will react by________.

3. What are you going to do to accomplish these goals?
I am going to _________ to accomplish my goals.

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Copy & paste two questions AND your answers from Part A, Part B, and Part C that you liked the most. You will use those questions to write a narrative essay by explaining them more. Remember to select the questions that you would like to write more about in your essay.

Part A
Q1: What are some goals you have accomplished as a teenager?
A: Improved your English language

Q2: Which of your accomplished goals do you feel most proud of? Why?
A:

Part B (Go back to question #4 to copy & paste)
Q1:
A:

Q2:
A:

Part C (Go back to question #5 to copy & paste)
Q1:
A:

Q2:
A:

Overcoming Obstacles 3-paragraph Narrative Essay

Instructions: Write a 3-paragraph Narrative Essay including a beginning, middle, and end to narrate how you have achieved goals and overcame obstacles.
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Write your 1st paragraph in the space below.

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Write your 2nd paragraph in the space below.

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Write your 3rd paragraph in the space below.

Next Steps:
  1. Format Your Essay (Header, Times New Roman, 12 point font, Double Space, Indent 1st Paragraph)
  2. Check for spelling errors
  3. Check for correct past tense (paragraph 1 & 2) and future tense (paragraph 3)
  4. Check for capitalization errors
  5. Check for punctuation errors
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