ENG 1100 MOD 2 ESSAY

Literacy Narrative-2020

Literacy Narrative: See Chapter 6 in Evergreen for more information on writing a narrative essay – to narrate.

Basic Expectations: 1. Essay – Minimum 2 pages double-spaced, maximum 3 pages, 11pt. font.

2. Complete self-grade and total portions of rubric

Topic: Your history as a writer and reader

Audience: Your instructor and your class peers, others of your choosing

Genre: Informal essay

Format: None. No formal APA/MLA format. Use the white space how you decide.

Include your name and the date somewhere.

Action: Interview (optional). It is recommended that you talk with someone who knows your past or present to help you remember your literacy history or hear ideas from someone else.

1. Essay description and details : For this essay, you will write to your audience using a conversational tone about your experiences with reading and writing. Help us to live it, see it, and hear it -- in other words, show don’t tell.

1. Your writing style:

a. Write with a conversational style and tone – like you would share your story over coffee. Be sure it is organized and easy for the reader to follow. Read it aloud to test this out! Better yet, read it aloud to someone and get feedback.

2. Your thesis sentence should include the following criteria as covered in the lecture:

a. What is your topic?

b. What question are you trying to answer?

i. Example: what is your literacy history; who am I as a reader and writer and why

c. What is your stance?

i. Example: Literacy is or isn’t important; you did or didn’t have a strong history, etc.

d. What might others disagree with? How could you counter those?

i. Example: Some may say I am a good student because I’m smart. I would say I’m a strong learner because reading and writing were valued and practiced in my home early in my childhood.

3. Include descriptions and details to help us be there -- in the moment

a. What was your favorite book as a child? Why?

b. When was that memorable moment – reading or writing? What was the season and the weather?

c. Time and place: could be time of day, neighborhood, house

d. Who? What? When? Where? Why?

e. Context – what was going on in your life? How old were you?

f. What did it accomplish for you?

g. Who was with you?

h. How did you struggle with reading and writing? How were you successful?

i. Think about your 5 senses, use strong verbs, make it visual

j. Be sure to narrow your topic. We don’t want to know every event - just the ones that are special and fit your thesis.

Literacy Narrative Essay Rubric

Literacy Narrative Essay Criteria	20-15 points	14-9 points	8-1	Self-grade pts	Instructor grade pts
Does the essay meet the basic expectations for pages, line-spacing, font with self-grade and total?	Meets the basic expectations	Meets some of the expectations	Doesn’t meet the expectations
Does the essay have a conversational style and tone? Is it organized in an easy to follow manner?	Essay has obvious conversational style, tone, and organization	Essay has some conversational style, tone, and organization	Essay lacks in conversational style, tone, and organization
Does the thesis sentence include the qualities outlined in the lecture and assignment details?	Thesis sentence meets all these qualities	Thesis sentence meets some of these qualities	Thesis sentence does not meet the qualities outlined
Does this essay include descriptions and details that help the reader to be there in those moments?	The descriptions and details allow the reader to be there in those moments	The descriptions and details sometimes allow the reader to be there in those moments	The descriptions and details are lacking and do not allow the reader to be there in those moments
Does the essay have correct subject/verb agreement as presented in Module 1 along with basic capitalization and punctuation?	0-1 errors that do not impede the readability and flow of the essay	1 or 4 errors that begin to impede the readability and flow of essay	More than 5 errors which interrupt the flow and readability
Totals				/100	/100