You must include 2 documentation sources and a works cited page. ( refer to any
You must include 2 documentation sources and a works cited page. ( refer to any essay read in your learning web thus far
Reminders:
• An effective learning-experience narrative will have a strong introduction which indicates the topic and the overall experience, and will hint at the point, not state it outright. Your thesis statement should be the last sentence of your introduction
• An effective narration essay must have topic and transitional sentences. You may use personal pronouns.
• The point of learning in a learning-experience narrative is never trivial, but instead shares something of significance to a wide audience of readers.
• The point of learning in a learning-experience narrative is built-in from the beginning of the essay by the writer indicating his area of ignorance or misconception, and then in the body, providing the necessary emphasis on his thoughts and emotions relevant to the point.
• An effective narrative distinguishes between major and minor events or details, as well as between essential and non-essential events or details.
• An effective narrative will have a clear sequence of events around a base chronological order
Breakdown:
• Follow MLA Format
• In the process of telling this story, you should demonstrate the significance of the particular time and place (environment) in which the event occurred. Be sure to include specific details and descriiptions to evoke your experience, express something about yourself, and capture the moment and place.
• Your thesis, or main idea, should be stated in the essay’s introduction (last sentence.) Your thesis will indicate what you learned (about yourself, others, experience) at the time or later looking back at the event.
• Organize your essay in a coherent manner so that your readers can follow your thoughts.
Your purpose is to engage your readers as you show and tell a story that reveals insights about who you are or were. Having a conflict in your narrative is a great way to engage readers.
• Your audience will be your fellow classmates and your instructor, who may not know much about you other than that you are a student.
• You will use first person or “I” in this essay. *Keep in mind you WILL NOT do this in any other essays.
• Keep in mind that your instructor will expect varied sentence structure, good diction, relatively few grammatical errors, and correct spelling (remember to use spell check).