Narrative Letter Writing Assignment
   You are to write an imagined narrative in letter format 
   that chronicles your time in the community including 
   your thoughts, feelings and most cherished memories 
   from home. The letters must be detailed and use 
   descriptive word choice and proper conventions. The 
   events of your narrative must be well- structured and use 
   transitions. It is to be written in first person point of view 
   and include dialogue.  
   
    Form: narrative letters
   
    Audience: classmates and teacher
   
    Topic: describe your time in Jonas’s community
   
    Purpose: to entertain
   
    Planning: pre-writing
   Narrative Letter Writing: 
   Content
   Your prewriting and ideas for this assignment will be at 
   first generated in class. In your letters consider 
   addressing the following:
   Mental and physical health
   Contrast between the community and your daily 
    life
   Home – friends, family, pets, activities, traditions, 
    foods, luxuries
   Conflicts – external and internal
   You are to follow the directions/guidelines given in class 
   on how to start and continue your writing. Although there 
   are a few limitations, please remember to keep your 
   content school appropriate. For example, your writing 
   should not include death, drugs, violence, romance, or 
   excessive silliness. 
   Writing:
   These will be letters home and are to be in first person point of view. 
   You must personalize the letters and add details that are specific to 
   you and your family life. Though you have been stranded with your 
   classmates, they are not to be included in your narrative as 
   characters. Be sure to clearly label the following specific/mandatory 
   letters. They all must be able to stand independently, but also 
   together create a cohesive story of your experience. All rough drafts 
   need to be in your writer’s notebook. 
   The following are the topics for each required letter:
    Letter #1 – Exposition
    Letter #2 – Missing Home
    Letter #3 – A Conflict (internal or external)
    Letter #4 – Heading Home - Escaped
    
   Your overall writing grade will be determined as follows:
    Rough drafts in writer’s notebook (due dates, checks, sharing)
    Final Copy submitted to turnitin.com (rubric)
   Exposition: Groups 
   As a group, you must now create the EXPOSITION for your 
   narrative. Together answer the following questions to establish 
   background, setting and characters in your writer’s notebook.
   
    Discuss the setting of the community and your reaction to 
    the surroundings you have found yourselves in. What are the 
    first things you see? 
   
    Describe who you meet. These will be characters from the 
    book or new characters that you create. 
    
   
    Describe the community’s reaction to your presence and 
    what they have decided to do with/for you and your 
    classmates? Where will you stay? Who will you be with? This 
    is the background you will later use to create a conflict and 
    action.