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Autobiographical narrative / memoir

 

1. Chose an event in your life that has meaning to you and from which you learned a lesson.
2. Write a one paragraph summary of the event. Identify the setting, characters, and lesson you learned.
3. Create a plot diagram of your event. Include exposition, a list of events in the rising action, climax, and falling action/resolution (put what you learned in the resolution).
4. Write your event into a narrative (story).  Minimum 5 paragraphs.

• Beginning (exposition) – introduce the incident including the people involved and the setting
• Middle (rising action and climax) – describe the incident using descriptive details and dialogue
• End (falling action/resolution) – Tell the outcome and importance of the incident / present your feelings about the incident

5. Use details to describe the event
6. Use at least one dialogue with at least three speaker changes.

 

Rubric for grading

 

Exposition – 2 pts.

Rising action – 4 pts.

Dialogue

            Three speaker changes – 2 pts

            Correctly punctuated – 2 pts

Climax – 2 pts

Resolution – 2 pts

Lesson learned or significance of event – 2 pts.

Mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation – no more than three errors) – 2 pts

MLA – 2 pts

 

Total – 20 pts