Exercise 8. My Story
Directions: Write a personal or a reflective essay that expresses your thoughts, feelings, and
raspirations about broadening horizons to create a better life. Share to the world particularly
the people who are struggling in their difficult situations how you became a responsible
member of a changing world. Your work will be evaluated based on its content, point of view,
development/organization, language mechanic and word choice.
Reminders:
• Include imperatives in your sentences.
Reflect on your past experiences where you were challenged to show your talents and
skills.
Examine how you were able to deal with and surpass those struggles despite
limitations.
Think of ways on how you would want to improve yourself to inspire others to do the
same.
State specific strategies that you will undertake in order to expand your understanding
of the complexities of life.
Make sure that your essay is composed of three parts:
Introduction - two or more sentences that will hook the interest of your reader
Body - supporting sentences that explain and prove your topic sentence
Conclusion - three or more sentences that summarize and strengthen your essay.​