First Person Narrative

1. First Person Narrative Name: __________________________ Period: ____________

2. Miracle Scene Selections Scene Five: Motivations Scene One: Opening Credits Scene Nine: Whatever it Takes Scene Ten: “We’re a Family” Scene Six: Training Scene Two: A Lofty Goal Scene Three: Making the Cut Scene Seven: “Again” Scene Eleven: Final Roster Scene Twelve: Soviet Machine Scene Eight: “Legs Feed the Wolf” Scene Four: Old Rivalries

3. Miracle Scene Selections Scene Seventeen: Score Tied Scene Thirteen: Olympics Begin Scene Eighteen: “USA!” Scene Fourteen: “I am a hockey player.” Scene Fifteen: Team Effort Scene Nineteen: Victory! Scene Twenty: End Credits Scene Sixteen: “This is your time.”

5. Great descriptive writing uses all five senses! Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch,

8. Brainstorming Memorable Experience/ Significant Event/Accomplishment/Tragedy/Milestone • * • * • * • * • * • *

9. Brainstorming Who? ____________________________________________________________________________ What? ____________________________________________________________________________ When? ____________________________________________________________________________ Where? ____________________________________________________________________________ What is the most intense or interesting part of your story?

10. Brainstorming Putting Things in Order ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

11. First Person Narrative Planner Scene Five Scene One Scene Two Scene Six Scene Three Scene Seven Scene Four Scene Eight

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19. Scene Eight Scene Title:

20. Writing a Thoughtshot

21. Writing a Snapshot

22. Exploding a Moment

23. Strong Verbs

24. Adverbs

25. Revision Worksheet Revision Questions Ideas • Does my lead get the reader’s attention? • Have I used detail and elaboration when describing characters and objects? • Have I elaborated on each story event in detail? Organization • Have I organized my body sentences in time order? • Have I used effective transition words? • Is my story strong in the beginning, middle, and end? Voice • Does my writer’s voice creates a memorable experience? • Does my writer’s voice shows excitement? Word Choice • DoI create a clear picture with specific nouns? • Do I use strong and interesting verbs? • Do I use colorful and descriptive adjectives? • Do I use effective adverbs? Sentence Fluency • Are my sentences complete? Do they flow smoothly? • Did I try to vary my sentence structure? Conventions • follows the basic rules of grammar (Are my verbs all in past tense?) • follows the basic rules of spelling • follows the basic rules of capitalization • follows the basic rules of punctuation Things That Are Bugging Me

26. Editing Worksheet I want to focus on the following areas: • Did I vary my sentence structure? (Compound Sentence)

27. Narrative Writing Assessment Tool Feedback I really liked… Feedback: FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE SIX TRAITS RUBRIC Name: Period: Title: Type: First Person Narrative Length:Multiple Paragraphs Audience: Purpose: Six Traits Rubric Ideas • narrative tells about one experience • has a clear and interesting lead • contains specific details and elaboration • elaborates on story events Organization • events are in time order • effectively uses transitions • has a strong beginning • has a strong middle • has a strong end Voice • writer’s voice creates a memorable experience • writer’s voice shows excitement and emotion • writer is thinking about the reader • writing matches its intended audience and purpose Word Choice • creates a clear picture with specific nouns • has strong and interesting verbs • has effective adverbs • has colorful and descriptive adjectives Sentence Fluency • flows smoothly from sentence to sentence • has a variety of sentences that are easy to read Conventions • follows the basic rules of grammar • follows the basic rules of spelling • follows the basic rules of capitalization • follows the basic rules of punctuation Writing Process Rubric • Prewriting • brainstorms and plans writing • Rough Draft Writing • uses plan to generate rough draft • Revising • makes revisions • Editing • proofreads and edits writing • Publishing • writing is neat and presentable