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NOTICE:
TNARRATIVE ARAGRAPH
HONOR TATEMENT
REWRITING EMPLATE
There are 4 steps for this assignment: Planning (1), Rough Draft (2), Revised Draft (3),
and Edited Draft (4).
In order to complete the writing assignment correctly and to receive the maximum
amount of points for your work, you must complete all 4 steps.
Points will be deducted for any missing step.
Review the assignment instructions and the grading rubric carefully to ensure that you
have completed all of the required elements before submitting your prewriting
assignment.
Read and sign this honor statement prior to submitting your assignment:
By typing my name in the space provided, I certify that all words and ideas in my writing
assignment are mine alone, and, if I used another person’s words or ideas (by summarizing,
paraphrasing, or directly quoting), I gave credit to that author, and I also put quotation marks
around any direct quotations.
By signing my name, I also understand that, if I have copied someone else’s ideas or words, I
have plagiarized, and I understand that the penalty for plagiarism is course failure.
Student Name: ________________________Lauren Smith_________________
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Writing Prompt: A narrative piece gives your reader a personal snapshot of an event in your
life. In each of the four prewriting steps of this assignment, brainstorm and write about a
moment in your life that is special to you. Make your reader feel like he/she is there in that
moment with you.
Step 1: Narrative Paragraph Planning
Directions: Fill in the fields below in response to the writing prompt. Be sure to
complete each component of the planning to ensure that your content is correct.
Topic: My first year at camp
Attitude/Point: Do not give up
Audience: Kids that plan to go to youth camp
Purpose: Persuade
Topic Sentence: Step outside of a comfort zone and try something new.
Paragraph Plan: Talk about the week at camp from start to finish.
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Step 2: Narrative Paragraph Rough Draft
Directions: Write a rough draft that follows your paragraph plan, beginning with your
topic sentence. Do not worry about spelling or grammar; just let your thoughts flow. End
with a good concluding sentence that restates your controlling idea or expresses a
thought that restates your dominant impression. It should be approximately 200 words,
no less and not too much more.
Step outside of your comfort zone and try something new. The first year I went to camp I
was excited to go. I did not know what to expect or how many people were going to be
there. The closer it came time to go to camp, I would get more and more nervous. I kept
telling myself that everything would be fine once I got there and started having fun, but I
just could not shake that uneasy feeling. From the time we got to the campground and got
settled in, I started to feel a little bit better. Each day we had fun activities and games
during the day like a game for the cabin, or lake activities like the blob and canoeing.
There was also a zip line and rock wall that we could do. At night we would eat and then
go to praise and worship and then have a lesson. After church we would have a midnight
snack and midnight games and then go to bed to do it all the next day. As fun as
everything was, I stayed homesick the whole time and just wanted to go home, as this
was my first time away from my family and home. My favorite part of camp was the
praise and worship. Even though I was homesick and just wanted to go home, I had a lot
of fun at camp and even decided to go back the next year and the next. I am too old to
attend camp as a camper, but being a worker is just as much fun. If you step outside of
your comfort zone and try something new, you might like what you try and want to do it
again.
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Step 3: Narrative Paragraph Revised Draft
Directions: Copy your Narrative Paragraph Rough Draft (from above), paste it below,
click on “Tools” or “Review” if you are using Microsoft Word, and hit “Track Changes.”
This is so your instructor can see all the changes you make. Begin reading through your
rough draft and make changes to the content as you see fit. Add more descriptive words if
needed or delete irrelevant ones that do not help create your dominant impression. Add
transitional words or phrases to help the paragraph flow in a logical order. Then, save
the draft with the changes.
Step outside of your comfort zone and try something new. The first year I went to camp I was
excited to go. I did not know what to expect or how many people were going to be there. The
closer it came time to go to camp, I would get more and more nervous. I kept telling myself that
everything would be fine once I got there and started having fun, but I just could not shake that
uneasy feeling. From the time we got to the campground and got settled in, I started to feel a
little bit better, but the feeling would keep coming back. Each day we had fun activities and
games during the day like a game for the cabin, or lake activities like the blob and canoeing.
There was also a zip line and rock wall that we could do. At night we would eat and then go to
praise and worship and then have a lesson. After church, we would have a midnight snack and
midnight games and then go to bed to do it all the next day. As fun as everything was, I stayed
home sick the whole time and just wanted to go home, as this was my first time away from my
family and home. My favorite part of camp was the praise and worship. Even though I was
homesick and just wanted to go home, I had a lot of fun at camp and even decided to go back the
next year and the next. I am too old to attend camp as a camper now, but being a worker is just as
much fun. If you step outside of your comfort zone and try something new, you might like what
you try and want to do it again.
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Step 4: Narrative Paragraph Edited Draft
Directions: Turn off the “Track Changes” feature. Copy your Revised Narrative
Paragraph Draft (from above) and paste it below. Now, click on “Tools” or “Review” if
you are using Microsoft Word and turn the “Track Changes” feature on. Edit for any
spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. Save these changes.
NOTE: Use of contractions (can’t, won’t, doesn’t, etc.) and second person (any form of
the pronoun “you”) is strictly prohibited and will result in loss of points on writing
assignments.
Step outside of ayour comfort zone and try something new. The first year I went to camp I was
excited to go. I did not know what to expect or how many people were going to be there. The
closer it came time to go to camp, I would get more and more nervous. I kept telling myself that
everything would be fine once I got there and started having fun, but I just could not shake that
uneasy feeling. From the time we got to the campground and got settled in, I started to feel a
little bit better, but the feeling would keep coming back. Each day we had fun activities and
games during the day like a game for the cabin, or lake activities like the blob and canoeing.
There was also a zip line and rock wall that we could do. At night we would eat and then go to
praise and worship and then have a lesson. After church, we would have a midnight snack and
midnight games and then go to bed to do it all the next day. As fun as everything was, I stayed
home sick the whole time and just wanted to go home, as this was my first time away from my
family and home. My favorite part of camp was the praise and worship. Even though I was
homesick and just wanted to go home, I had a lot of fun at camp and even decided to go back the
next year and the next. I am too old to attend camp as a camper now, but being a worker is just as
much fun. Because IIf you stepped outside of myyour comfort zone and triedy something new, I
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