Prompt: Write about a time when you learned a lesson, had an "epiphany moment," or realized something.
There is no official length requirement. Most well-done narratives are 2-5 pages (double spaced) in length. This is a 100 point summative grade. Some Example Narratives to peruse. Other than the summative grade on the final draft, you will have 75 formative points worth of assignments: 1. Life Map 2. Character description + Conflict 3. Plot Mountain Graphic Organizer 4. Color-coded revision checklist 5. Revising strategies checklist If you have extra time in class during revision, check out this Sentence Fluency PowerPoint and see how you can revise your sentences to try out some of the structures recommended. Wednesday 9/24 will be the last day of work time in class. Narratives are due by Thursday 9/25-- printed and ready to be turned in once class starts. You will lose 10 points (an entire letter grade) for every day the essay is late.
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We wrote this practice example in class over "Bullying Goes High-Tech."
And here are the basic guidelines/directions for writing an annotated bib entry. Here is the unit calendar.
Longer-Range Due dates: Read p. 1-92 due Wednesday (9/3) Journal entry due Friday (9/5) Book = completed by Wednesday (9/10) Creative Tree Project due Thursday (9/11) (below are two examples from previous classes) If you're stuck, I recommend using Pinterest or Google Images to give you some ideas of how you might creatively portray your tree if drawing/painting scares you. I included a few I found. Including a video that does walk you through drawing trees! You could do a leaf rubbing, try out cubism, trace an image and add your own unique touches to it, do a more abstract approach, paper mache........ the list is pretty much endless. Maybe experiment with a few ideas like Melinda does. Hairwoman: English teacher Mr. Freeman: art teacher Mr. Neck: history teacher Heather: Melinda’s only friend for most of the school ear Rachel: Melinda’s ex-best friend that changes her name to Rachelle Melinda’s high school: Merryweather High Family communicates: through sticky notes Art assignment: to create a tree that “speaks” Escapes to: an abandoned janitor’s closet that she decorated When she dissects a frog: she’s reminded of the night of her rape and faints She defends herself from Andy at the end of the book by: breaking a mirror and holding a piece up to his neck and the screaming for help Point of view: 1st person – uses “I” “me” “my” and we only see Melinda’s perspective Motif: recurring image, phrase, idea that develops a theme through repetition (mouths, mirrors) Symbol: image that represents an idea or quality (tree, mascots) |
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