Essay 2: Chicken Soup Narrative Essays

• A "Chicken Soup" essay is a narrative essay that makes a point about life.
• The point can be explicit or implied.
• A "Chicken Soup" essay is positive.  
• Give the essay an inviting title.
• Be descriptive.
• Use dialogue.
• Use literary devices like flashback and foreshadowing.
• Tell the reader what the characters are thinking.
• You can add a cartoon or poem at the end, just like the book!
• Put your name at the end.
• You can use these essays for college entrance exams! 

How to do it...

Read a few Chicken Soup essays from Mr. Mullen's collection.

Read some online:

Write one of your own:

• Write your essay in Word.
• Revise your drafts and make it perfect.
• Create a new page for your essay.
• Copy and paste your essay onto the new page. Keep the Word document for your records.
• Add pictures, excerpts from poems-- anything that will complement your essay.
• Add a link to your page below. 

Submit your story: http://www.chickensoup.com/cs.asp?cid=guidelines 

Suggested Topics

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Pleasant Surprises

• My Best Pal

• What Animals Can Teach Us

• There's More To Life Than Just...

• Now That I Am Older I Realize...

• The Job I Swore I Would Hate (But Loved)

• What Music Means To Me

• I Thought I Had That Person All Figured Out Until One Day...

• The Best Advice I Ever Got (maybe from an unexpected source)

• When The Going Gets Tough, My Refuge Is...

• My Generation Is Going To Change The World

• I Made A Difference

• The Toughest Thing I Ever Had To Do

• Admitting You Are Wrong

• Forgiveness

Finishing

Narrative Essays Tell A Story

• A story has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. 
• A story has characters who think, do things, and say things. They interact with other characters. 
• A story revolves around a conflict or a problem.
• A story in a narrative essay makes a point about life.

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