My childhood Memory
Narrative Writing Assignment (12.5% of Final Average)
Requirements
– Please select one of the topics below.
– Have an identifiable main idea and purpose.
– Your essay should be 600 – 1200 words in length (approximately 1 ½ – 3 pages in length).
– Use standard MLA specifications (12 point font, double space, opening header, page numbers)
– Post a first draft for a peer to revise in the designated discussion board (see schedule for due date). You should start a new thread for your post and your peer should have their own thread.
– Please review a peer’s using the peer revision check sheet within 24 hours of posting yours. Post this back in your discussion board thread from your original post.
– Submit final essay through the assignment file link in the Narrative Essay folder.
Writing topics
Recall a vivid memory from your early child that still stays with you and perhaps influences your life today. What details and events do you remember most from this experience and why do you believe it still “stays with you?” Be sure to narrate specific details of the event.
Write a narrative essay recounting a time when you were prejudged because of some superficial aspect of yourself – your clothing, your physical appearance, your race, political or religious affiliation, etc. What was the experience like and what did you learn from it? Be sure to narrate specific details of the event.
Write a narrative essay about something in your life, past or present that motivated you. Maybe it was a relationship you had with a person. Maybe it was an item you encountered. Perhaps it was a bizarre or even a mundane event. Be sure to include the details and correlate them to your own personal motivation.
Write a narrative essay in which you describe your reaction to a piece of news or information – either good or bad – that provoked a strong emotional response from you and/or others. What emotions were felt and expressed? How did your perception of the world around you change as a result of the incident? Why was the experience so memorable?
Tips
– Choose a story that connects to a larger theme
– Choose a story with significant details you can include
– Make sure all supporting information ties back into your main idea or thesis
– This essay will flow best as a first person narrative (use I, we, words)
– Dialogue, imagery, description, and figurative language do an excellent job bringing the story to life and helping you establish your own unique voice.
– Read the narrative out loud so you can hear any potential problems
Rubric for Essay
Format – 5 points
– The essay is written in 12 point, Times New Roman Font
– The essay is double-spaced with proper indentation
– The essay includes headers identifying – student’s name, course name, instructor’s name, date
– A title is included and centered
Content – 70 points
– The narrative includes a clear context including the where, when, and whom regarding the event (10 points)
– The narrative includes well-chosen and thoughtfully emphasized details (20 points)
– The narrative is organized in a logical, perhaps chronological way (20 points)
– The narrative includes an appropriate and consistent point of view (10)
– The narrative includes a meaningful point or purpose and connects to a global theme (20 points)
Grammar and Mechanics – 25 points
– The writer has used appropriate grammar and spell check
– The write shows command of Standard American English (exceptions would be if unique dialogue is included for effect) adhering to rules regarding parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, subject/verb agreement, tense)