Creating an Event Sequence: Sketch the Sequence

Today you will choose at least one idea and create an event sequence.  There are many ways to do this, here is the third strategy we will practice:  

• Sketch the Sequence:  Are you a doodler?  Try this: fold a piece of paper into three sections.  Label the sections:  beginning, middle, end.  Sketch what happens in each part.  Use the sketch to help tell the story aloud.  Add details to the sketch.  Use the sketch to guide your writing.  
• You can do this on Google Docs. Create a google draw, insert a 3 X 1 table, use the pen tool (drop down menu and choose scribble), then use the text tool to label.  It's kind of a pain to sketch with your netbook mouse but if you have a tablet, it's really easy to sketch :0)  See my example below.

Here is my idea list from yesterday.  I am going to practice the strategies above using one idea.  

• Finishing my first half marathon
• Raising my first litter of puppies 
• My trip to Yellowstone National Park
• My trip to the Pacific Ocean
• The year I was bullied in school
• Writing my first book
• Planning my daughters wedding
• The last Christmas with my grandma
• Moving to Grand Forks
• Teaching my son in 2nd grade
• The year my husband was deployed
• Surviving a car accident
• Memories of my 5th grade year
• etc...