Close Encounters (Option 1)

In a 4-5 sentence paragraph, write a personal narrative from the viewpoint of someone who encounters a being from another planet.

Choose a setting (Earth? Another planet? Space?) and outline the beginning, middle, and end of the narrative.

Decide whether your narrative will have a "lesson," and if so, how you will show it through events in the plot.

• Tell the events in order, using a first-person point of view.

• Choose words and details that appeal to the senses.

Include at least one of your academic vocabulary words:

⚫ complex

• potential

• rely

• stress

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Make it look like a 7th grader who is I.E.P wrote it

Make sure no one can find this

1 answer

The night sky sparkled with stars as I camped in my backyard, feeling the cool grass under my fingers. Suddenly, a bright light swooped down, casting shadows around me, and I held my breath. Out stepped a complex creature with iridescent skin, huge eyes, and long arms that moved like flowing water. At first, I felt stress scramble my thoughts, but then it spoke without words, filling my mind with a sense of calm. I realized we could rely on understanding each other, no matter how different we seemed. In that moment, I learned that despite our differences, we all share a potential for connection, and that knowledge lit up the world around me like the stars above.