Assignment: Personal Narrative Writing Assignment

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-A (H)
2021-09-21T23:01:05Z

Due: Oct 4, 2021 by 11:59pm

Personal Narrative Writing Assignment

Due Monday, October 4th at midnight on Canvas

A personal narrative is a piece of literary nonfiction, based on truth, in which a writer reflects on an experience in their life. This means that when you are writing, you can add in details, dialogue, and even events that didn’t actually happen to make the story more engaging or make it flow better.

The ultimate goal of this project is to write a personal narrative that shares an experience from your life with 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 personal 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. This week, we will focus on specific elements of good writing (such as characterization, specific details, good opening lines, etc) and you will begin writing your narrative.

Prompt: Write a personal narrative that shares an experience from your life, using the techniques we discussed in class.

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:

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 :)

1st draft (for us to conference about) due Tuesday, 9/28

Submit to Canvas

This draft probably won't be finished, but we'll talk about what you have so far and where you're headed!

2nd draft (for peer editing) due Thursday, 9/30 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, Monday, 10/4

Personal Narrative Writing Assignment

Due Monday, October 4th at midnight on Canvas

A personal narrative is a piece of literary nonfiction, based on truth, in which a writer reflects on an experience in their life. This means that when you are writing, you can add in details, dialogue, and even events that didn’t actually happen to make the story more engaging or make it flow better.

The ultimate goal of this project is to write a personal narrative that shares an experience from your life with 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 personal 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. This week, we will focus on specific elements of good writing (such as characterization, specific details, good opening lines, etc) and you will begin writing your narrative.

Prompt: Write a personal narrative that shares an experience from your life, using the techniques we discussed in class.

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:

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 :)

1st draft (for us to conference about) due Tuesday, 9/28

Submit to Canvas

This draft probably won't be finished, but we'll talk about what you have so far and where you're headed!

2nd draft (for peer editing) due Thursday, 9/30 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, Monday, 10/4