1. The Assignment
For this assignment, you will be picking one personal
remembered event to narrate in essay form.
This essay is an example of personal writing, and although you
will not have outside sources your essay will be detailed and
descriptive.
Formatting
- Title and heading at top of first page
- Standard margins, 12 font, double spaced
- 3-5 pages
The Packet
-Final Draft on top
-All pre-work
-At least two rough drafts
-Peer Editing comments
-Neat and stapled
Content
-Draw on your experience for material
-Arrange the narrative in climactic chronological order
-Develop the event with vivid details, dialogue, examples, and
illustrations
-Reflect on the effects of the event on you and/or others, the
meaning of the event, or the
insight you gained from the experience
Traps To Avoid
You will want to avoid the following problems:
-Choosing a topic that is too broad ("my childhood," "our
championship season")

2. -Failing to create suspense and to build to a climax
-Failing to reflect on the significance of the experience
-Oversimplifying or sentimentalizing the significance of the
experience