Sections 2 and 3 have a narrative essay due by October 7. The prompts are below. The essays will be scored using the Holt online scoring program and by me. We will spend two days next week talking about how to write a good narrative. When it is time to grade the essay, I will look at the computer scores and compare them to what I would expect. Students should be submitting the essays a few times to see how the improvements raise the score. I demonstrated this today.
1.
Think of your best day in school. What happened that makes
this day stand out in your memory? Write a story for a friend that tells about
what happened on this day in school.
2.
You have made a very important
discovery—one that will make you famous throughout the world. Write a story in
which you tell about your discovery and how you made it. Be sure to include
details about the setting and any characters in the story, and be sure that
your story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
3.
Think about a time when something unexpected happened. Write
a narrative in which you tell about an unexpected event that happened to you or
someone you know. Be sure to include specific details so that a reader can
follow your story.
4.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you
think you cannot do.” Write a narrative about a time when you did something you
thought you could not do. Be sure to include specific details so that a reader
can follow your story.
Section 1 should have Raymond's Run read by next Wednesday. They are to have summarized the story every 30 lines. They are also supposed to answer the questions in the margins of the story. Finally, they should be thinking about the following four questions. They will be writing responses to at least two of them.
Focus questions for the study of Raymond’s Run.
Be prepared to find supports for these questions as we work
our way through the piece a second and third time.
What are the details from the story that show that Squeaky is sometimes
frustrated by Raymond?
(Perfect: five places in the
story)
How are the smiles between Gretchen and Squeaky at the end of the story
different from Gretchen’s earlier smile at Squeaky?
(Perfect: six details)
Is squeaky more concerned with how people perceive her of with being true
to herself?
More concerned with perception:
(Perfect: six places) OR
True to herself: (Perfect: six places)
Challenge
Describe Squeaky’s view of girls’ relationships, and explain how this
view begins to change at the end of the story.
(Perfect: eight supports from the story)
