In writing we discussed "seed stories" versus "watermelon stories." Since we will be beginning the year with a personal narrative in writing (an essay about a personal experience), it is important that students write a story that is focused on one moment and with specific details (a seed story), not overly broad and consisting of too many moments (a watermelon story). Seed stories tell the most important part of a story, and writers are able to reach a conclusion, or learn something, from the experience. Watermelon stories often ramble and seem like a list of events, or multiple seed stories.
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