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embedded Writing a personal Narrative aSSeSSmeNT 1
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Assignment
Your assignment is to write a personal narrative that includes a well-told incident, a response to the incident, and a reflection about the significance of the incident.
Planning and Prewriting: Take time to make a plan for your personal narrative.
• What activities have you completed or ideas have you brainstormed that will help you as you think of an appropriate incident to write about?
• How will you make sure you understand all that needs to be part of your personal narrative?
• What prewriting strategies can you use to help you create ideas? Will you work from your Memory Map?
Drafting: Determine the structure of your personal narrative.
• What will you include in the beginning, the middle, and the end of your narrative?
• How will you introduce your incident?
• How will you be sure to write about the significance of the incident in a way that conveys importance?
Evaluating and Revising the Draft: Create opportunities to review and revise in order to make your work the best it can be.
• During the process of writing, have you paused at points to share and respond with others how well you are following the structure of a narrative?
• Are you considering revising your draft to add transitions and additional details to the incident? Once you get suggestions, are you creating a plan to include revision ideas in your draft?
• Have you used the Scoring Guide to help you evaluate how well your draft included the requirements of the assignment?
Checking and Editing for Publication: Confirm that your final draft is ready for publication.
• How will you check for grammatical and technical accuracy?
• How will you make sure that everything is spelled correctly?
Reflection
After completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about accomplishing this assignment, and answer the questions below:
• How did the activities leading up to this Embedded Assessment help you to be successful?
• What activities were especially helpful, and why?
As you prepare for publication, don’t forget to use spelling and grammar tools provided by your word-processing program to ensure that your final version is as clean as possible.
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