Checkpoint

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Checkpoint page
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For your checkpoint piece, we’ll use the very first snippet we looked at as the starting point. Don’t forget to…

  • Frame your story by summarising the memory
  • Say why it’s significant, like ‘One of my most treasured memories was…’
  • Have parts of the memory that are clear and special
  • Have parts of the memory that are vague and less important
  • Finish with an observation about that memory from the present. Is there something about the memory that is clearer now, than then? Use something like ‘In reality…’ to start it.

One of my most treasured memories was when my grandfather ran away with me. My father had told me off for reasons I can’t remember – I must have done something very naughty indeed, because my father rarely chastised me. My grandfather got really cross with my father, scooped me up into his arms and set off into the mountains.

‘You don’t deserve this boy. He’s coming with me.’

In reality, I was a convenient excuse for the wily old man to get away for a few days. 

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