Weston Wilmoth
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A 27
February 2020
Snap Pop
About 5 years ago, I was being rushed to the hospital, not able to breath, my neck thrashing in pain. My mother kept on asking me if I was alright, but I could not answer her. In my head, I said to myself, Do I look alright? But I'm getting ahead of myself, so let’s start back at the beginning of the day.
It was a late, sunny afternoon. My mother was called by my best friend's mom. She asked, “Do you want to come on over and relax with a glass of tea and let our kids play?” We got dressed and ate some cereal. We got into the car and drove over there. Roy and I were so excited to play with Luke and his brothers. When we finally got down there, we flew straight out of the car and knocked on the door with such power our mom had to yell at us.
“Wahoo! They are here!” Three little stooges ran out of the door. Luke showed me around and we ate/drank some sugary Rhubarb. The rhubarb was almost all gone.
“Stop eating the rhubarb! You guys, you're going to be eating lunch soon,” Mom yelled at us. We decided to go jump on the trampoline and play. Then, out of nowhere, Isaiah spoke.
“Hey guys, get off of the trampoline. I'm going to jump from the stump!” We all got off the trampoline. He jumped off and landed on the trampoline. He flew so high, we had to help him stop bouncing by holding the sides on the trampoline. Isaac, Luke, Roy, then as I jumped off the stump, Roy jumped onto the trampoline, and I flew to the edge of the trampoline and smashed my neck against the metal rim. I could not breath, so my mom got up from the lawn chair and ran over to me along with Luke’s mother, both with worried faces, dragging me off of the trampoline and putting me in the car. They saw I could hardly breath. As mom and I were rushing to the emergency room Roy was in the back of the car apologizing to me. Mom told him to be quiet. As we were approaching the hospital, mom called my step dad, Sonny, telling him what happened to me.
As we entered the hospital, the doctors took no time to look at me. They gave me an x-ray and they say that I crushed it, but no Broken bones so they gave me a neck brace that was very itchy and painful to wear. We left the hospital and went over to where Sonny worked. When we got there, he walked over to the car, smiling.
“So, did someone smack their head or is that how your head looked already? he asked” with a big grin, laughing as I tried to talk to him my voice squeaked.
“Huh, did I just hear a door open?” He walked away, laughing.
That is the story behind my almost death.
Personal Narrative Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
2. What qualifies this paper as a narrative? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
This paper is qualified as a narrative because it reminds me of the past.
3. What is one part of your story that you think turned out really well? What do you like about that part?
The description on how I got my neck snapped.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A 27
February 2020
Snap Pop
About 5 years ago, I was being rushed to the hospital, not able to breath, my neck thrashing in pain. My mother kept on asking me if I was alright, but I could not answer her. In my head, I said to myself, Do I look alright? But I'm getting ahead of myself, so let’s start back at the beginning of the day.
It was a late, sunny afternoon. My mother was called by my best friend's mom. She asked, “Do you want to come on over and relax with a glass of tea and let our kids play?” We got dressed and ate some cereal. We got into the car and drove over there. Roy and I were so excited to play with Luke and his brothers. When we finally got down there, we flew straight out of the car and knocked on the door with such power our mom had to yell at us.
“Wahoo! They are here!” Three little stooges ran out of the door. Luke showed me around and we ate/drank some sugary Rhubarb. The rhubarb was almost all gone.
“Stop eating the rhubarb! You guys, you're going to be eating lunch soon,” Mom yelled at us. We decided to go jump on the trampoline and play. Then, out of nowhere, Isaiah spoke.
“Hey guys, get off of the trampoline. I'm going to jump from the stump!” We all got off the trampoline. He jumped off and landed on the trampoline. He flew so high, we had to help him stop bouncing by holding the sides on the trampoline. Isaac, Luke, Roy, then as I jumped off the stump, Roy jumped onto the trampoline, and I flew to the edge of the trampoline and smashed my neck against the metal rim. I could not breath, so my mom got up from the lawn chair and ran over to me along with Luke’s mother, both with worried faces, dragging me off of the trampoline and putting me in the car. They saw I could hardly breath. As mom and I were rushing to the emergency room Roy was in the back of the car apologizing to me. Mom told him to be quiet. As we were approaching the hospital, mom called my step dad, Sonny, telling him what happened to me.
As we entered the hospital, the doctors took no time to look at me. They gave me an x-ray and they say that I crushed it, but no Broken bones so they gave me a neck brace that was very itchy and painful to wear. We left the hospital and went over to where Sonny worked. When we got there, he walked over to the car, smiling.
“So, did someone smack their head or is that how your head looked already? he asked” with a big grin, laughing as I tried to talk to him my voice squeaked.
“Huh, did I just hear a door open?” He walked away, laughing.
That is the story behind my almost death.
Personal Narrative Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
- Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
2. What qualifies this paper as a narrative? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
This paper is qualified as a narrative because it reminds me of the past.
3. What is one part of your story that you think turned out really well? What do you like about that part?
The description on how I got my neck snapped.