Literacy Narrative Essay

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Literacy Narrative Essay ENGL 1301

Your Literacy Narrative essay will be at least 2 pages and no more than 4 and be completed following MLA format.

 

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Regardless of our backgrounds, our ideas of literacy often become deeply engrained and labeled as “good” or “bad” without much thought about how these views have come to be. As a result, many of us have definitions of literacy–of reading, writing, and viewing–that could benefit from a thoughtful and honest close self-examination.

 

Choose a Focus: Please draw from the following as you develop your essay focus:

· Narrate an early memory about writing or reading that you recall vividly. Then explain why this event is significant to you now. (Similar to Malcolm X and the student example on pp. 36 in the text)

· Identify a book or other text and explain its significance for you in your reading and writing. (Similar to Sherman Alexie)

· Choose a literacy theme from your experience (difficulty, pleasure, distraction, benefits, etc.) and unify your literacy narrative around it (Similar to Ivan Dole)

· Narrate your literacy journey from first memories to now (Similar to Ivan Dole’s and the student example)

 

Create a Narrative: Use sound writing and story-telling skills to organize and articulate your story. Make sure to stay focused on your one, main idea.

 

Key Elements

· Create a well told story. Bring your narrative to life by using concrete and vivid

Details – use energetic, precise, and engaging verbs and adjectives.

· Develop your main idea. (make sure you only have one main idea)

· Develop the significance or effect of your experience

· Use strong, complete, varied sentences

· Organize paragraphs in a logical way, using topic sentences

· Demonstrate effective, engaging, and clear writing

· State the main idea of your essay somewhere in your introduction, and then make

certain that every supporting paragraph relates to and supports that main idea

· Consider using dialogue between the characters in your narrative, if you feel

Comfortable doing so (though this is not necessary)

· Demonstrate growth and improvement from the first drafts to the final revised draft.

· Proofread! Read your essay to yourself out loud: does it flow? Can details be added to make it more powerful? Is anything missing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

English MLA Page Formatting Rubric

 

Categories Unacceptable = 0 points Needs Improvement = 7 Acceptable = 14 points Points Earned
Header No header or header is manually inserted. Header is lacking one or more components (i.e. author’s last name or accurate page number) Has actual header with author’s last name, space, and page number automatically inserted.  
Heading Missing heading Missing one or more line of essential information (student’s name, instructor’s name, class, and date) or arranged incorrectly. Has four-line, double-spaced heading with required information in correct order (if paper has no title page).  
Title No title Title is bolded, underlined, italicized, and/or supersized. Title is properly sized and formatted.  
Margins Has not set margins correctly. Margins not set consistently throughout the document. Has correct margin for every side of the page.

 

  
Font and Size Does not follow instructor’s rules for font choice and size. Font choice and size changes throughout the document. Font formatting is not consistent. Follows instructor’s rules for font choice and size.  
Paragraph Spacing Paragraphs are single-spaced or too much spacing. Paragraph spacing is inconsistent throughout the paper. Paragraphs are double-spaced.  
Paragraph Indentation (must be one-tab, cannot be done using spacebar) One or more paragraphs are not indented. Paragraph indention is not consistent with every paragraph. Every paragraph is indented .5, using one-tab stroke.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Writing Rubric

  Unacceptable 0-7 pts. Poor 8-13 pts. Average 14-15 pts. Good 16-17 pts. Excellent 18-20 pts.
Topic/Thesis

 

 Lacks a central idea and purpose.

Represents a seemingly random collection of information.

Topic is inappropriate for the assignment

 Uses a weak central idea and purpose.

Lacks focus on the topic.

Topic may be inappropriate for the assignment

 Topic is appropriate for the assignment. Thesis is focused.

And essay’s purpose is evident.

 

 Thesis is clearly, logically, and adequately stated and developed. Essay achieves its purpose.

Shows imagination in its approach to its topic.

 

 Creatively, clearly, and logically states and develops its thesis and achieves its purpose.

Presents clear, logical, and thought-provoking ideas.
Organization & Development Lacks organization.

Fails to flow from one point to another.

Lacks transitions.

 

Lacks supporting ideas and details.

Provides no explanation; no elaboration.

Does not address the writing situation.

 Uses confusing connections among supporting points.

Uneven flow from one point to another.

Lacks transitions.

 

Provides minimal and/or inadequate supporting ideas and details.

Attempts to address the writing situation.

 

 Mostly consistent flow from point to point and paragraph to paragraph.

Uses adequate transitions and makes appropriate connections among supporting points.

 

Provides general explanations, and some supporting ideas, details, and evidence. Adequately addresses the writing situation.

 

 

 Uses clear, logical connections among supporting points.

Ensures consistent flow from one point to another. Consistently employs appropriate transitions.

 

Provides specific explanation, evidence, and elaboration on unified supporting ideas and details. Appropriately addresses the writing situation

 

 Consistently uses a logical, clear, connected arrangement of supporting points.

Ensures a consistent flow from one point to another. Uses surprising but appropriate transitions.

 

Abundant explanation, evidence, and elaboration on unified and unique supporting ideas and details.

Addresses the writing situation exceptionally well.
Sentence variety and construction Incorporates incorrectly constructed sentences.

Contains syntax errors.

Lacks variety in sentence structure.

 

 Incorporates basic, repetitive, and predictable sentence structures.

Contains syntax errors.

 

 

 Employs varied, grammatically sound sentence structures all of which may not be effective.

 

 

 Effectively uses varied, grammatically sound sentence structures.

 

 Uses varied and creative sentence structures such as, compound/complex, balanced, and parallel.

 
Style Inadequate word and phrase choices.

Unclear and confusing choice of words and phrases. Relies on clichés, jargon, or other informal language.

 

Lacks voice and tone.

Lacks contextual language. Paper is not MLA formatted or documented.

 Uses limited, imprecise vocabulary, or contains

a weak and/or confusing choice of words and phrases.

Frequently relies on clichés, jargon, or other informal language.

Contains an inconsistent and/or weak voice and tone.

Misapplies contextual language. Unevenly applies MLA format

 Diction is simple but appropriate.

Uses few clichés, jargon, and other informal language.

 

Employs consistent voice and tone.

Utilizes some helpful contextual language.

Uses MLA format with some errors.

 Uses creative and concise diction. Employs imaginative literal and figurative language.

Avoids clichés, jargon, and other informal language.

 

Effectively employs consistent, unique voice and tone.

Utilizes useful contextual language.

Uses MLA format with minimal errors.

 Usesmemorable and profound diction. Creatively uses literal and figurative language.

 

Uses creative, effective, and unique voice and tone. Utilizes consistently useful contextual language.

Consistently and precisely uses MLA format.
Mechanics/

Grammar

 Contains distracting errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar that interfere with understanding. Contains frequent errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar that reduce understanding. May contain some errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar that do not interfere with meaning or understanding.

 

 Contains minimal errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or gr