Using the content generated in class

Using the content generated in class, write your own narrative essay about an experience in your life. Choose a specific day/event/experience and use dialogue, action, and sensory details to create a brief snapshot.

Requirements:

— Begin with a sketch. Either typed or hand-written. A first draft will be required in class.

— 3+ pages typed, double-spaced

— 12 pt Times New Roman font

Purpose-

–Use exploration as a method of inquiry, using questions to challenge easy assumptions.

–Practice dialectical thinking, moving between critical and creative thought.

–Practice persuasion through the art of leading a reader on a journey.

–Much of what you are asked to write in college depends on your willingness to step forward and express a belief, make an assertion, or pose a relevant question. Creative writing is the first step in that direction.

You Will Be Graded On:

— Your subject is personally meaningful.

— Make it your own with the details and the scenes from the situation that you choose to show.

— Your essay’s form should incorporate the dialectical process that helps you compose it, shifting between then and now, between showing scenes and telling meaning.

— Rather than an attempt at full resolution, your essay’s conclusion should mirror your struggle or address something from a complex standpoint.

— Your ability to articulate, and speak clearly and effectively with your own voice.

Steps for Writing

–Think about your subject and generate ideas.

— Do your thinking on paper or onscreen.

— Use the fastwriting prompts and other brainstorming activities provided in class.

— Keep in mind the narrative elements discussed in class.

— By the final draft, the essay should have a point. Writing to discover is a good approach.