Kernal Essay

Where were you?
What was the first thing that happened?
What was the next thing that happened?
What was the last thing that happened?
What did you think at that moment?


Write the five sentence kernel essay.
Write a “ba da bing” to add to the kernel essay.
Write two to three more sentences for each sentence in your kernel essay.
Write a truism for the story’s conclusion.


Show me. Don’t tell me.
Based on Gretchen Bernabei’s Reviving the Essay