Narrative Writing Assignment

Focus Standard:
ELAGSE8W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event
sequences.
Learning Objective:
Write a narrative developing an imagined experience.
Directions:
We are making our way through our extended text A Long Walk to Water, and we
have been focusing on reading narratives. As part of The Georgia Milestone
Assessment, you will have to write a narrative, so you need to take what you have
learned and apply it to your writing. You will need to write a narrative over one of
the following topics:
1. You are a member of Nyas or Salvas tribe. Using information form the story,
write a story about what you do during the day in the Sudan.
2. Write three journal entries as a refugee living in a refugee camp. Use
information from the story and articles in class to explain what you have and
do not have in the camp.
3. Write a one-act drama of an imagined encounter between Salva and Nya.
Create dialogue with stage directions and focus on the content in the novel.
4. Write a narrative poem about the plot in A Long Walk to Water. Focus on
developing the setting and the plot. You can write your poem in free verse or
lyrical forms.
5. Create a multi-page/panel comic strip that includes dialogue between two
characters focusing on the refugees in the Sudan. You may use online
programs to create them, if drawing is not your talent.
6. Your option- YOU WILL NEED TEACHER PERMISSION. Develop your own
topic and your own mode of presentation. You will need to have an outline of
your narrative, when you ask for the teachers permission.
Checklist of Work:
1. Prewriting- you will need to identify your topic and complete brainstorm
ideas.
2. Organization- you will need to organize your ideas in an outline, mind web,
graphic organizer.
3. Rough Draft- you will need to complete a rough draft of your project in your
ELA Journal.
4. Edit and Revise Day- you will need to bring your rough draft to class for
editing and revising day.
5. Final Draft- your perfect copy of your narrative needs to be turned in on
project day.
Calendar of Work:
8.31.16
Project
Reviewed

9.1.16

9.2.16
Organizing
your Narrative

9.5.16
Labor DaySchool Closed

9.6.16
Writing your
Rough Draft

Choose Topic
9.7.16
Writing your
Rough Draft

9.8.16

9.9.16
Edit and
Revising Day

Due Date: 9.14.16

Narrative Rubric
Content

d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant

descriptive details, and sensory language to
capture the action and convey experiences and
events.

Tell did
not
show

e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and

reflects on the narrated experiences or events.

Weak
conclus
ion

ELACC8L1: Demonstrate command of the

conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
ELACC8L2: Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Nuts and Bolts:
1. Turned in at appropriate time.
2. Neatness- Met Expectations for the
project.
3. Creativity- Exceeded Expectations for the

5 or
More

EXCTotal
10
Intro
Dynam
Evident ic Intro.
Paced
WellX2
Plot
Paced
Plot
Techni Effecti
ques
ve use
X2
are
of
evident techniq
ues
Used
Variety
transiti of
on
transiti
words
on
words
Use of Showe
some
d did
descript not tell.
ive
lang.
Reflect Reflect
on
s and
meanin explain
g
s
3-4
1-2
Errors
Errors

5 or
More

3-4
Errors

1-2
Errors

1 of 3

2 of 3

3 of 3

a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a

context and point of view and introducing a
narrator and/or characters; organize an event
sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue,
pacing, description, and reflection, to develop
experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and
clauses to convey sequence

N/E0

DNM-5
Issues
with
Intro
and
Plot
No
narrativ
e
techniq
ues
Poor
use of
transiti
ons

Met-7

Project
Comments: