Narrative Essay Activity

Narrative Essay Activity

A narrative essay is an essay organized with a thesis, introduction, body, conclusion, and transition words. The essay may use examples, anecdotes, or allusions etc. It is meant to tell a story and has a point. The author is telling a true story from her/his life and using that story to make a point (thesis) about some aspect of life.

Write a narrative essay on a DEFINING MOMENT in your life. It should be 500-1250 words long, no more, no less. Be sure to develop the introduction and conclusion and use paragraph form to develop the body.

If you are having difficulty with this topic, then see the teacher. Here are some other possibilities:

• the worst/best vacation ever
• The most important lesson I learned outside of school
• My summer jobs

Literary Terms- Definitions

Narrative essay: a short piece of writing that tells a story about the author's life, usually to make a point.

Poetry and Prose: two ways we can write, in lines and stanzas (poetry) and sentences and paragraphs (prose)

Content and Structure: Two levels of analyzing writing. Content is the detail, facts, the 'stuff', topic, that's being written about; structure is the way in which it is written (paragraphing, thesis, introduction, body, conclusion, transitions words, use of example, statistics etc.)

Course Outline

Course Outline

Informal Writing Slideshow

Here is a link to the first Lesson:

Informal Writing Slideshow

Welcome Grade 10 Class of September 2012

Welcome to our classroom, online and off.

I hope you will enjoy this course. We have lots in store: We'll be reading Romeo and Juliet and Farenheit 451. We also have a field trip arranged to see Romeo and Juliet live in Toronto.

I also want to get you writing creatively. We'll cover Poetry and informal wrting as well as formal literary essay writing.

In this section of the course I want you to learn the answer to questions like these:

What's the difference between formal and informal writing?


What are the different ways in which I can organize my writing to be an effective communicator?


How can I be persuasive and influential in my writing?