Using the Lit book ,we continue to study how to draft a claim supported by a personal narrative. Today , we read a narrative by a young man who immigrated from war-torn Sierra Leone who had difficulty connecting with his teenage colleagues due to his having fought as a soldier in the Sierra Leone civil war from the ages of 13-16. We discussed the humor inherent in the dramatic irony as his classmates who play the role of "tough guys" try to impress the narrator with their faux prowess at playing paintball, a pretend war. We further studied how to incorporate personal experience into a personal narrative .