Narrative/Descriptive Essay Prompt

Your Narrative/Descriptive essay is due on Friday, March 28th. Below is the directions and the prompts for the assignment.

Directions: Choose one fo the following narrative/descriptive essay prompts in which to write a descriptive, well-thought out event from your life experience. Be sure to bring the experience to life through the use of your language. Your paper must be typed, using size 12 times new roman font. The essay must be at least five paragraphs in length.

Option #1
Think of a time when you achieved a personal goal--you might have finally completed a triathlon or won a championship game, or might have improved you scores on the STAR or other tests, or you might have learned how to use a piece of software like Microsoft Word or Excel. Tell your readers about the story of how you met your goal. Be sure that your readers understand why the goal is important to you.

Option #2
Choose a vivid time from your childhood--you might think of the first time you rode a school bus, of a time when you went to the principal's office, the first "A" you earned on a test or paper, earning money to buy something that you really wanted, and so on. Narrate the events related to the childhood memory that you've chosen so that your readers will understand why the event was important and memorable.

Option #3
Think of an experience when you realized that you suddenly understood an idea, a skill, or a concept you had been struggling with--it might be something related to a class that you took or a specific athletic skill you were trying to perfect. For instance, you might think about trying to understand how to identify rhyme scheme in a poem or how to use the pythagorean theory in math. Or you might consider trying to perfect your free throws and suddenly understanding how yoru follow-through was affecting your success. Write a narrative that tells the story of your movement toward understanding. How did you finally come to understand? What changed your perceptions and gave you a new understanding? Your paper should help readers understand how you felt to struggle with the idea or skill and then to understand.