Friday, May 20

DO NOW:

• ​​daily check-in
• Read this article on writing a personal narrative.

LEARNING GOALS

• Write Narratives that develop real life experiences by
  • using carefully chosen details
  • sequencing events
  • using effective techniques

AGENDA

• Read two student narrative examples and consider the following questions.
  • What does the author use as an intro/exposition
    What’s the rising action (what is building)?
    What’s the climax?
    What’s the significance of this story to the author?
    What message is the author trying to convey to their reader?
    How does the narrator use action and reflection?
    What's one example of the author SHOWING not TELLING us a detail.
    Find one use of sensory or descriptive imagery. 
• Begin typing and revising narrative drafts. 
• Revision Tips - Kill your darlings 
  • Align Things
    •Make sure you are doing the things necessary for the assignment. (Look at rubrics and success criteria. See below or on the Narrative assignment document)
  • Add things
    •stronger details, more description, another event or observation
  • Remove things
    •doesn’t support narrative flow
    •not relevant detail
  • Refine ideas
    •What is my focus?
    •Selecting more accurate details or events
  • Reorganize
    •Should an idea be brought up earlier or later?
    •Do paragraphs clearly build towards something?
    •Do your sentences flow?

SUCCESS CRITEIRA

• I can engage and orient the reader by 
  • setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, 
  • establishing a point of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; 
  • create a smooth progression of experiences or events
• Write narratives to 
  • develop real experiences or events 
  • using effective technique, 
  • well-chosen details, 
  • and well-structured event sequences

NARRATIVE RUBRIC (110)
Ideas/insight

• I established a problem, situation, or observation with my exposition (20)
• I created a smooth progression of experiences or events (the story connects and makes sense) with rising action (20)
• I clearly address the significance of the event (explicitly or implicitly) with my conclusion (20)

Word/detail choice

• My words or visual elements are specific and accurate, bringing in more than just plot or action (10)
• Sentences vary in length and structure (10)
• Focus on sensory details (10)

Revisions and Editing

• Conventions (grammar, spellings, format) (10)
• MLA Format (10)