Narrative Writing

Hello O. L. Smith Community,

Students are focusing their efforts on writing a narrative this week. The prompt for the narrative is rather open to provide students with the freedom to write a story that interests them. The students were given four pieces of art, all of which are featured below, and asked to write a story using the art as inspiration. The story should be written either from the perspective of the subject in the art or from the perspective of an individual watching the story from a distance. The narratives will be worked on in class throughout the entire week and will be due on November 24th, the day before break.

In addition to the assignment, students have been given an extra credit opportunity with this assignment. If students are able to grammatically utilize two sets of quotations in one sentence, underline or highlight the sentence so I may identify it, and turn it in on time, students may receive two, summative, extra credit points. An example sentence that would qualify for the extra credit is: “Yes,” cried Olivia, “I would love to go to the dance with you!”

I will update you later this week with the student’s progress on their narratives.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Megan Timpf