E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Essay Writing Rubrics
A collection of essay assessment rubrics are provide on this learning module. Several rubrics for narrative essays, persuasive essays, and research papers are provided on this site.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 2.1: Narrative Essay
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write a narrative essay by identifying the differences between descriptive and narrative essays, knowing the difference between autobiographical and...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Narrative Essay
Need help picking out the elements of a narrative? Check this site out from Capital Community College, and you'll see some background information, a sample essay, and directed questions to ask yourself about a text. W.9-10.3 Narrative,...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Writing Narrative Essays
This article provides the components of narrative writing. The author emphasizes ways to make narrative writing better. W.9-10.3e Conclusion
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Narrative Writing: The Autobiographical Incident
After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, students write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice predicting an...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Narratives
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Essay Writing
An overview of essay writing in general with additional pages discussing descriptive, narrative, expository, and argumentative essays.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Write a Personal Narrative (English 7 Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to write an essay that has only one purpose: to tell a story about you. It's called a personal narrative, personal because it is all about...
Other
Old Dominion University: Writing Sample Placement Test: Sample Essay
This is a sample writing placement test narrative essay and a list of questions students should ask themselves about their writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3
Other
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
Step by step guidelines to the process of essay writing. Basic, but helpful.
Quia
Quia: Santa Barbara City College: Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay [Pdf]
This site provides two graphic organizers. The first graphic organizer provides all parts of a personal essay, of a college essay. The second graphic organizer serves as a planning tool for a student's personal essay. W.9-10.3,3a...
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Narrative Cartoons
Using the communicative means of cartooning, students examine essays from various Peace Corps volunteers and recount them by writing their own cartoons.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 4th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric [Pdf]
A rubric to use when writing and evaluating a 4th-grade narrative. Essays can receive anywhere from one to four points in each of the following areas: Organization/Progression, Development of Ideas, and Use of Language/Conventions.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Sum of Its Parts
Inspired by Julianna's understanding (from the novel Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen) that "A painting is more than the sum of its parts," students will describe a memorable place that evokes a certain feeling or emotion. Students will...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Personal Narrative Example
This two-page essay provides an example of a personal narrative (Click on View Printable Version). Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview
This lesson focuses on providing an overview of contemporary literature and the writing process. It defines contemporary literature and the key terms of the writing process, and provides links to the Contemporary Literature and...
Other
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Occasions for Informal Essays
What are the occasions for informal essays? Use this informative site to learn more about when and how to write these types of informal essays.
Other
Expressive Essay: The Use of Psychodrama as Therapy
A well-written example of an expressive essay. Deals with drama as a means of therapy for deaf patients. An excellent model of expression in essay-writing.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Fiction Writing Basics
This resource discusses some terms and techniques that are useful to the beginning and intermediate fiction writer, and to instructors who are teaching fiction at these levels. W.11-12.3a Narratives
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing About Life's Lessons
After reading A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park students complete a writing assignments. The writer first completes a graphic organizer about a life-changing experience or an experience from which a instructional activity has been...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Professional Writer's Models: Grade 10: Autobiographical Narrative [Pdf]
Written by Annie Dillard, this essay taken from "An American Childhood" provides an excellent example of autobiographical writing. Also includes leading and study questions for student comprehension and understanding. Requires Adobe...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Better Living Through Science
This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Sensory Details
This site provides several sample sentences which show sensory details and aid students in writing specific rather than general sentences. It is a good site for someone preparing to write a descriptive essay. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory...