{"id":1026,"date":"2017-06-20T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1-91\/?post_type=chapter&p=1026"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:31:12","slug":"narrative-module-overview","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/chapter\/narrative-module-overview\/","title":{"raw":"Narrative Module Overview","rendered":"Narrative Module Overview"},"content":{"raw":" \r\n\r\nThere are TWO discussion forums in this module, an Essay\/Paper,\u00a0 and a WRITING LAB assignment. LOOK FOR THE WRITING LAB ASSIGNMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MODULE.<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n1.\u00a0 Read the Sample Student Essay and focus on what the writer says she learned from this experience.\u00a0 Then participate in the first discussion forum.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n2.\u00a0 Read the Professor's Essay and participate in the second discussion forum.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0 Compose your own Narrative Essay and submit your essay in the SafeAssign dropbox. This will generate an \"Originality Report\" which will: indicate all non-original content in your essay, show the earliest web source for this content, and display the total number of words in your review. It is especially important for you to avoid plagiarism. SafeAssign helps both student and teacher have confidence in the originality of the work submitted. After checking to make sure you have original material, submit the essay to me in the dropbox.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nThis will be your second GRADED writing assignment.\u00a0 The total number of possible points you can earn is 100. You have considerable flexibility in choosing a topic, and picking the right topic can help you a lot.\u00a0 There are a few points that are important to remember in narrative writing:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n1.\u00a0 There must be a point to your story. That is, you should have learned something about yourself, about other people, or about life in general from what happened to you. \u00a0 Do not create a \"so-what\" discovery.\u00a0 This means don't write a paper that leaves your readers at the end saying \"So What?\" To make sure you have a significant point, complete the following sentence and post it in the Discussion Forum section of this module. When _____ happened to me, I learned _______.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n2. Your narrative does not have to be shocking or dramatic, though it may be.\u00a0 You can find meaning in many simple experiences from daily life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0 Your assignment will include reading two narratives--one written by a student and found in your online text, and the second written by me.\u00a0 When I post my own writing, it does not mean I think this is the BEST possible example, but I am fulfilling my commitment to write along with you whenever I can.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n4.\u00a0 In this assignment do NOT worry about correct grammar or spelling or mechanics.\u00a0 THERE WILL COME A TIME FOR THAT--but it's not now.\u00a0 I want you to focus all of your efforts on two things:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nA.\u00a0 Give me lots of SPECIFIC details and EXAMPLES to make your story come alive and help me to understand what you went through.\u00a0 So--do NOT say: \"I had a lousy time at the prom, and I never want to see that guy again.\"\u00a0 SHOW and TELL me what \"lousy\" means--did your date make you change a flat tire on the way there?\u00a0 Did he show up drunk and throw up on your dress? Did she dance once with you and then leave with her old boyfriend?\u00a0 Make me FEEL what lousy means.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nB) Do you have a significant POINT? What did you learn from this, besides the obvious?\u00a0 Maybe you learned that \"first impressions don't mean anything,\" or that \"dating someone with a known alcohol problem is asking for trouble,\" and so on....<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nThese are the TWO CRITERIA I WILL USE IN GRADING THIS ASSIGNMENT. Proofreading and editing are important, but NOT YET.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nChoose a topic for your own narrative essay. The topic you decide on should be something you care about, and the narration should be a means of communicating an idea that ties into the essay\u2019s theme or point. Remember, in this essay, the narration is not an end in itself.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nBELOW:\u00a0 I've given you a list of possible topics to get you thinking.\u00a0 You may pick one of these or choose something not on the list that is meaningful to you.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFRIENDS<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nGaining independence\r\nA friend\u2019s sacrifice\r\nA significant trip with your family\r\nA wedding or a funeral\r\nAn incident from family legend<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nTHE WORLD AROUND YOU<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nA storm, a flood, an earthquake, or another natural event\r\nA school event\r\nThe most important minutes of a sporting event<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nLESSONS OF DAILY LIFE<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nA time you confronted authority\r\nA time you had to deliver bad news\r\nYour biggest social blunder<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFIRSTS<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nYour first day of high school or college\r\nThe first performance you gave\r\nA first date<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nWriting Your Narrative Essay<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen drafting your essay:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nDevelop an enticing title \u2013 although don\u2019t let yourself get stuck on the title. A great title might suggest itself after<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 you\u2019ve begun the prewriting and drafting processes.\r\nUse the introduction to establish the situation the essay will address.\r\nAvoid addressing the assignment directly. (For example, don\u2019t write \u201cI am going to write about my most significant experience,\u201d because this takes the fun out of reading the work!)\r\nThink of things said at the moment this experience started for you\u2014perhaps use a quote, or an interesting part of the experience that will grab the reader.\r\nLet the story reflect your own voice. (Is your voice serious? Humorous? Matter-of-fact?)<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\nOrganize the essay in a way that\r\nEstablishes the situation [introduction];<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\nIntroduces the complication(s) [body]; and<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\nStates the point or the lesson you learned [conclusion]\r\n<\/strong><\/span>","rendered":"

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There are TWO discussion forums in this module, an Essay\/Paper,\u00a0 and a WRITING LAB assignment. LOOK FOR THE WRITING LAB ASSIGNMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MODULE.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Read the Sample Student Essay and focus on what the writer says she learned from this experience.\u00a0 Then participate in the first discussion forum.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Read the Professor’s Essay and participate in the second discussion forum.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Compose your own Narrative Essay and submit your essay in the SafeAssign dropbox. This will generate an “Originality Report” which will: indicate all non-original content in your essay, show the earliest web source for this content, and display the total number of words in your review. It is especially important for you to avoid plagiarism. SafeAssign helps both student and teacher have confidence in the originality of the work submitted. After checking to make sure you have original material, submit the essay to me in the dropbox.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This will be your second GRADED writing assignment.\u00a0 The total number of possible points you can earn is 100. You have considerable flexibility in choosing a topic, and picking the right topic can help you a lot.\u00a0 There are a few points that are important to remember in narrative writing:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 There must be a point to your story. That is, you should have learned something about yourself, about other people, or about life in general from what happened to you. \u00a0 Do not create a “so-what” discovery.\u00a0 This means don’t write a paper that leaves your readers at the end saying “So What?” To make sure you have a significant point, complete the following sentence and post it in the Discussion Forum section of this module. When _____ happened to me, I learned _______.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Your narrative does not have to be shocking or dramatic, though it may be.\u00a0 You can find meaning in many simple experiences from daily life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Your assignment will include reading two narratives–one written by a student and found in your online text, and the second written by me.\u00a0 When I post my own writing, it does not mean I think this is the BEST possible example, but I am fulfilling my commitment to write along with you whenever I can.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 In this assignment do NOT worry about correct grammar or spelling or mechanics.\u00a0 THERE WILL COME A TIME FOR THAT–but it’s not now.\u00a0 I want you to focus all of your efforts on two things:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A.\u00a0 Give me lots of SPECIFIC details and EXAMPLES to make your story come alive and help me to understand what you went through.\u00a0 So–do NOT say: “I had a lousy time at the prom, and I never want to see that guy again.”\u00a0 SHOW and TELL me what “lousy” means–did your date make you change a flat tire on the way there?\u00a0 Did he show up drunk and throw up on your dress? Did she dance once with you and then leave with her old boyfriend?\u00a0 Make me FEEL what lousy means.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

B) Do you have a significant POINT? What did you learn from this, besides the obvious?\u00a0 Maybe you learned that “first impressions don’t mean anything,” or that “dating someone with a known alcohol problem is asking for trouble,” and so on….<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These are the TWO CRITERIA I WILL USE IN GRADING THIS ASSIGNMENT. Proofreading and editing are important, but NOT YET.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Choose a topic for your own narrative essay. The topic you decide on should be something you care about, and the narration should be a means of communicating an idea that ties into the essay\u2019s theme or point. Remember, in this essay, the narration is not an end in itself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BELOW:\u00a0 I’ve given you a list of possible topics to get you thinking.\u00a0 You may pick one of these or choose something not on the list that is meaningful to you.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FRIENDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gaining independence
\nA friend\u2019s sacrifice
\nA significant trip with your family
\nA wedding or a funeral
\nAn incident from family legend<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

THE WORLD AROUND YOU<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A storm, a flood, an earthquake, or another natural event
\nA school event
\nThe most important minutes of a sporting event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

LESSONS OF DAILY LIFE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A time you confronted authority
\nA time you had to deliver bad news
\nYour biggest social blunder<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FIRSTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Your first day of high school or college
\nThe first performance you gave
\nA first date<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Writing Your Narrative Essay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When drafting your essay:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Develop an enticing title \u2013 although don\u2019t let yourself get stuck on the title. A great title might suggest itself after<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 you\u2019ve begun the prewriting and drafting processes.
\nUse the introduction to establish the situation the essay will address.
\nAvoid addressing the assignment directly. (For example, don\u2019t write \u201cI am going to write about my most significant experience,\u201d because this takes the fun out of reading the work!)
\nThink of things said at the moment this experience started for you\u2014perhaps use a quote, or an interesting part of the experience that will grab the reader.
\nLet the story reflect your own voice. (Is your voice serious? Humorous? Matter-of-fact?)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nOrganize the essay in a way that
\nEstablishes the situation [introduction];<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nIntroduces the complication(s) [body]; and<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


\nStates the point or the lesson you learned [conclusion]
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