House+on+Mango+Street+-+Narrative+Writing

Following our short story unit, we are going to continue writing creatively...this time with personal narratives.

In class we will be studying Sandra Cisneros' narrative style as we read the novel, //The House on Mango Street//. We will also work on writing a non-fiction memory/experience in a creative manner that will capture our audience's attention.

Click on the following to read about the "Memory Book" assignment:

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**__Assessment__**: After working together as a class, we developed the following guidelines by which the narratives will be graded.
 * __Figurative Language/Style__ = 15 points
 * __Conventions__ = 10 points
 * __Total__ = 25 points per narrative piece