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Writing Workshop 7 (continued)
Narrative Essay Revision Checklist
8. Reread your narrative and consider what type of reflection to include: • Explicitly state what you learned from the event.
• Imply what was learned.
• Leave the reflection uncertain or unresolved.
Whatever approach you take, consider the impact this will have on your reader’s understanding of the significance of the experience. Write your conclusion.
9. Participate in sharing and responding to refine your conclusion. Peer Review
10. Use the Revision Checklist and the Scoring Guide to provide written feedback for your partner’s narrative.
Focus
10 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 8
• Is the context made clear in the beginning?
• Does the story stay focused on a specific event or sequence
of events?
• Does the experience have clear significance to the narrator?
• Does the writer use a variety of techniques— characterization, dialogue, sensory details, figurative language, etc.—to create vivid descriptions in the story?
• Are any details included that are unnecessary or distracting? • Does the writer clearly express his or her feelings about the
events that are occurring?
• Does the writer provide moments of reflection about what
was learned or would be later understood?
• Do paragraph breaks and a variety of transitions effectively signal shifts and connect events, reactions, and reflection?
• Does the pacing of the story keep the reader engaged?
• Does the ending follow logically from the events of the story? • Is the experience’s importance to the writer made clear?
Development
Sequence
Conclusion
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