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O 12 Lost and Found 10 Writing ▼ رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa A. 1. Have you ever lost a piece of luggage during or after a trip? What would you do if you discovered that you had lost your suitcase? 2. Do you think lost luggage is eventually found or not? Please give reasons. 3. What would you do to avoid losing it? 4. Read the title of the text below. It does not tell you what happened but raises some questions. • When do you think someone might be thinking or saying this? • What kind of story do you expect to read about? • What is the writer's occupation? 5. Read the personal narrative below and find out. • • Do you know anything about his age or appearance? What kind of person do you imagine he is? • Where did the incident take place? • . • What kind of state do you think the writer was in? How do you know? Could you predict the ending before you got to it? Why? Why not? How do you think the writer felt at the end? 6. What would you have done? Why? Had I really lost it? I had just gotten back from a business trip in China. I had been working very hard for a week, trying to make the most of my time there; I had meetings every day, wrote proposals and reports, discussed options with my associates, and so on. In other words, I was exhausted! I had had a long but comfortable flight, during which I had been unable to relax because I kept thinking of the backlog waiting for me at work. All kinds of pending issues surged into my mind and started swirling about. I tried to push them back, but with little success. When we landed, I made up my mind to drive to the office first, deal with any urgent matters, and then go home. I headed for the carousel to wait for my luggage. I just followed the crowd and stood by with a trolley, waiting for my suitcase to appear. People kept on picking up their luggage and walking away, and I kept on waiting and getting more and more stressed. Eventually, the carousel stopped. I was told that there was no more luggage. I could not believe it! I had even packed a new laptop in my suitcase to avoid carrying it. I rushed to the information desk, all worked up, ready for a fight! The person in charge was used to dealing with upset passengers, so he explained what the procedure was and offered to take me to the service that dealt with lost items, where I would have to fill out a form with all my details. He assured me that, in most cases, the luggage was eventually recovered. On the way, we walked past another carousel with some suitcases lined up alongside it. I caught a glimpse of a familiar sticker through the corner of my eye. When I stopped to check, I realized that I had found my suitcase. I had been waiting at the wrong carousel! وزارة التعليم Ministry 188ation 2024-1446 7. Read the personal narrative again and identify: ⚫ statements that provide factual information about what the writer and other people did. • . ⚫ statements that provide access to the narrator's thoughts and feelings • sections that convey slower motion and faster motion, and how this is achieved MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 188 30/4/24 3:07 AM

Have you ever lost a piece of luggage during or after a trip? What would you do if you discovered that you had lost your suitcase?

O B. 1. Write a personal narrative about something important that you have lost and/or found. 2. Before you begin writing, use a chart to outline the events of the story in the order that they happened. 3. Write your personal narrative describing what happened. Gives as many details as you can about the experience. Topic of Narrative: First Next Next Then Finally Feelings/attitude How Did You Lose That? embarrassing one. It happened in 2019, which I will 17-inch laptop. when I lost my laptop. That's right. I lost The story I am about to tell is an year always remember as the It was not stolen. I lost it. my My story begins at a large university library where I had gone to study and do some research. I used my membership card to get in and had to wait for almost an hour for a spot to become vacant at one of the tables where I could plug in my laptop. I was so excited about my new membership and just being there, that I left everything on the table and away towards the journals section. When I tried to get back to the table, where I'd left my laptop, I could not find it. I had forgotten the number next to the outlet... walked Writing Corner When you write a personal narrative: وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 . use devices that can make your story more vivid. . include parts where you are thinking aloud and revealing your thoughts or predicament. . address direct questions to the reader, such as: Who would think of such a thing? • vary the pace of your story depending on the events and the feelings/mood involved. . notice that you don't need to state everything explicitly; some developments or thoughts are naturally understood by the reader. 1. Identify all the acts and/or thoughts that are implied and understood by the reader in the last lines of the model essay and write them. I stopped walking toward the service desk where I was going to fill out a form for my lost luggage. I walked toward the suitcases that.... 2. What is the effect on the reader when everything is stated or even restated explicitly? MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 189 189 30/4/24 3:07 AM

Write a personal narrative about something important that you have lost and found