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Writing a Narrative - Process Plan of Action
(sample for teacher)
Day 1
• Present project to students, introduce Driving Question.
• “How can cultural experiences and perspectives be conveyed through memorable
narratives?”
• Students discuss the topic of the project.
• “Think about what you already know about the subject and what is important.”
• “How can this project be meaningful?”
• “How can you accomplish this task?”
• “What do you need to accomplish this task?”
• Whole group discussion on topic to brainstorm ideas
Day 2
• Present project outline and rubric (pg 137).
• Set expectations
• Present Project Management Guide
• Discuss time management skills, planning, preparations, assessment dates, etc.
• Students prepare for project and create an outline.
• Students must organize themselves, with coaching from teacher.
• Students are to create roles for each member in group, required materials, where
to find information for research, what direction they want to move in, etc.
• Possible roles within groups include:
• Facilitator: moderates discussion, keeps group on task, distributes
jobs/work, keeps group aware of deadlines
• Recorder: takes notes during discussion, keeps all records
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• Spokesperson: discusses issues with other groups, requests coaching from
teacher
• Checker: fact checks, grammar checks, spell checks, edits, revises
• Etc…
• NOTE: ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ASSIST IN
WRITING, RESEARCHING, AND PRESENTING
Day 3
• Students read and annotate Where I’m From on page 92.
• Discuss sensory details and anaphora.
• Students create their own poem emulating Where I’m From.
• Students conduct research on BYOD or in computer lab.
Day 4
• In class mini-lessons on elements of narrative: setting, sequence of events, point of view,
theme, and characters (page 94).
• Students read and annotate Funny in Farsi (page 95).
• Discuss characterization, narrative elements, point-of-view, etc.
Day 5
• Students begin outlining and organizing argument with current research and commentary.
• Students read and annotate Kaffir Boy on page 99.
• Discuss dialogue tags and punctuating quotations.
Day 6
• In class mini-lesson on Sentence Types (pg 105) with Pick One by David Matthews.
• Narrative Pacing (pg 103)
• Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
Day 7
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• Socratic Seminar on current perspectives
• Each group must discuss their current research and possible resolutions with the group,
taking notes to ensure they answer questions teachers or students have regarding their
position/claim (to strengthen their own argument for later).
Day 8
• Students submit final outline for teacher to review with group (teacher to conduct 1:1
conference with each group regarding their final outline prior to writing draft).
• Once outline is approved, students begin drafting argument.
• Students read and annotate If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? on page 106.
• Discuss sensory details, pacing, and narrative elements.
• Include artifact (pg 107) and clauses (pg 108).
Day 9
• Students read and annotate Persepolis on page 112
• Discuss narrative elements (pg 111).
• Students create a series of panel drawings that include dialogue to tell a story (pg 119).
Day 10
• Students in the computer lab for research/writing.
• Students allowed opportunity to interview others within the school regarding their issue and
argument.
• Students read and annotate Woman with Kite (page 121).
• Discuss descriptions and narrative elements.
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Day 11
• Students in the computer lab for research/writing.
• Students allowed opportunity to interview others within the school regarding their issue and
argument.
• Students read and annotate Grape Sherbet (page 122).
• Discuss narrative elements.
Day 12
• Peer-evaluations of first drafts take place in class. Each group switches with another group.
• If evaluations finish early, students begin revising and editing their arguments.
Day 13
• Students submit final project for teacher review.
• Students read and annotate The Hunger of Memory (page 124).
• Discuss persona, allusion, conflicts, diction, syntax, and universal ideas.
• Mini-Socratic Seminar on universal ideas.
Day 14
• Students edit and make final revisions of argument/speech.
• Students are allowed opportunity to rehearse as a group.
Day 15
• Students present product to the class, teachers, administration, etc.
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• While students are presenting, other groups should be focused on evaluating the
performing group’s claim, evidence, logic, communication, commentary, and technical
elements of speech.
• See Persuasive Presentation Peer Evaluation Form.
Day 16
• Students complete self-reflections independently.
• What have you learned about how an author controls the way an audience responds to his or her writing?
• What new narrative techniques did you include in your narrative to create an effect in your reader’s response to the narrative?
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