Language Arts Students: Students must write a narrative essay responding to the following Assignment: Narrating an Event A narrative essay re-creates an experience for a central purpose: usually to reveal an insight about the action or people involved.
You might write about an experience in which you encountered people from a culture different from your own. You might write about a turning point in your life--perhaps a time when you were forced suddenly to grow up, a time when you faced a difficult challenge, or a time when you reassessed your values. You might describe an experience in which you learned to do something new: coaching a Little League team, designing stage sets for a play, forming a musical group. Or you might recount an adventure that tested you in some way. If you have experienced work in an emergency room, on an ambulance or fire truck, or as a police officer, you might describe in vivid detail one day or evening at work to give readers an inside view of this stressful job.
A narrative should have a central focus, but it is not always necessary to express the focus in a thesis sentence early in the essay; at times you will want to get right to the action.
A narrative should of course be based on personal experience. Aim for an essay from 500 to 1,000 words long--two to four typed pages, double-spaced. Please reference your writing rubric, grammar checklist, and writing check list. This assignment is worth 100 points. No late work will be accepted. This assignment is due on 10/1-10/4 depending on the next scheduled day that I see your class.
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