Assignment: Final Draft of Narrative

ELA 10-A (H) (Tri 2)
2022-01-10T16:56:46Z

Due: Jan 16, 2022 by 11:59pm

Personal Narrative Writing Assignment

Due Sunday, January 16th at midnight on Canvas

The ultimate goal of this project is to write a narrative that entertains and moves your audience. Your readers should be able to see the movie version of your experience playing in their imaginations as they read; you must re-create the experience so your readers see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt, and even smell what you smelled. By the end, your reader should understand what the experience means to you and maybe even understand a larger theme.

To get there, as a class we have already read and evaluated several examples of narratives. We have looked at these through different lenses to examine what makes them good, or bad. We brainstormed events from your life that could make a good personal narrative. We have focused on specific elements of good writing (such as characterization, specific details, good opening lines, etc) and you have begun writing your narrative.

Submission:

Your final draft will be typed and submitted into Canvas
(I will be uploading to Turnitin.com for a plagiarism check as well)

Aim for 2-4 pages, double-spaced

Pay attention to the rubric (linked at the bottom of this assignment)

I will ask you to list the 3-4 things on the rubric you feel you were particularly successful at

I will be using the rubric to grade you - each of the 4 main bullet points will be a category. You won't need to necessarily have every single thing within that category, but you should be able to look at your story and say "This has a solid plot, good characters, a clear setting, and some writing techniques."

That said, I will be looking for things that are RIGHT, not things that are wrong :)

Rough draft for peer editing due Thursday, 1/13 at the beginning of class

Recommendation: put your draft on a Google Doc or Office 365 so you can share it with your peers

You do not have to submit this one to Canvas

Final Draft (submitted online to Canvas) due midnight, Sunday, 1/16

Personal Narrative Writing Assignment

Due Sunday, January 16th at midnight on Canvas

The ultimate goal of this project is to write a narrative that entertains and moves your audience. Your readers should be able to see the movie version of your experience playing in their imaginations as they read; you must re-create the experience so your readers see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt, and even smell what you smelled. By the end, your reader should understand what the experience means to you and maybe even understand a larger theme.

To get there, as a class we have already read and evaluated several examples of narratives. We have looked at these through different lenses to examine what makes them good, or bad. We brainstormed events from your life that could make a good personal narrative. We have focused on specific elements of good writing (such as characterization, specific details, good opening lines, etc) and you have begun writing your narrative.

Submission:

Your final draft will be typed and submitted into Canvas
(I will be uploading to Turnitin.com for a plagiarism check as well)

Aim for 2-4 pages, double-spaced

Pay attention to the rubric (linked at the bottom of this assignment)

I will ask you to list the 3-4 things on the rubric you feel you were particularly successful at

I will be using the rubric to grade you - each of the 4 main bullet points will be a category. You won't need to necessarily have every single thing within that category, but you should be able to look at your story and say "This has a solid plot, good characters, a clear setting, and some writing techniques."

That said, I will be looking for things that are RIGHT, not things that are wrong :)

Rough draft for peer editing due Thursday, 1/13 at the beginning of class

Recommendation: put your draft on a Google Doc or Office 365 so you can share it with your peers

You do not have to submit this one to Canvas

Final Draft (submitted online to Canvas) due midnight, Sunday, 1/16