Esperanza Rising Narrative Writer's Checklist
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Be sure to:
Write a narrative response that develops a real or imagined experience.
Establish a context for the experience and a point of view.
Introduce a narrator and/or characters.
Organize events in a natural and logical order.
Use a variety of transitions to sequence the events and to indicate shifts from one time
frame or setting to another.
Use dialogue, description, and/or pacing to:
develop events.
develop characters.
develop experiences.
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to
communicate the action and to describe the events.
Include a conclusion that reflects on the experience in your narrative.
Use ideas and/or details from the passage(s).
Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, Capitalization, and punctuation.

Now write your narrative on your answer document. Refer to the Writer's Checklist as you write
and proofread your narrative.