Narrative Assignment: Greek Gods in 2011!
This assignment is to write a personal narrative with a twist: you need to write as if YOU were one of the
Greek gods we have been studying in class. In a personal narrative, you re-create a specific experience
or event in your life. So, in a god-narrative, you need to depict IN DETAIL what happened to you when
you woke up one morning and did not find yourself in your bed on Mt. Olympus but alive and well in the
year 2011! For your narrative, begin with you waking up in 2011 and focus on 1 specific event that
happens to you while you are living in the future.
Some Questions to Think About:
 How did you get to the year 2011?
 How did you figure out what happened to you?
 How did you feel when you figured out where you were?
 What did you do when you figured it out?
 What problem did you face that you had to resolve or adjust to?
 Did you stay in 2011 or did you find a way back to Mt. Olympus?
***You do not need to answer all of these questions…these are just to get you started!
Requirements for Your Narrative Essay:
 Must be at least 2 full pages in length
 Must be typed, double spaced, Size 12 times new roman, and must follow proper MLA
formatting guidelines
 Must go through all steps of writing process
For more information on writing narratives, check your Writer’s Inc (pages 140-146)
Timeline:
Tuesday, Feb 8: Prewriting due!
Friday, Feb 11: Rough Draft due! If it is complete, printed, and IN CLASS, you receive full credit.
Friday, Feb 18: Final Copy due! Be sure to keep your rough draft to turn in with your final draft!
Grading:
This will be worth 80 points. See back of this sheet for grading rubric.
Write Place Extra Credit: If you decide to take your paper to the Write Place and you make all the
recommended changes, you will receive 5 points of extra credit. Be sure to include your stamped Write
Place copy with your final draft.
Skill
Ideas
Organization
Voice/Word Choice
Formatting
Mechanics
Revision
Write Place Stamp
EXTRA CREDIT
Comments:
Essay Rubric—Narrative Essay
Freshman Literature and Composition
Delaney/Singleton
Benchmarks
- Focuses on a specific event or experience
- Uses 4 different types of details (sensory, reflective,
actions, and dialogue)
- Plot of narrative contains a conflict, rising action, a
climax, and a resolution
- Demonstrates an understanding of god/goddess
- Reader’s attention is hooked right away
- Includes events in the order that they occurred
- Paragraphing is logical and correct
- Transitions are used to bring reader from point to point
- Captures personality of god/goddess through the
writing style
- Tone of writing reflects the mood of what the
god/goddess is going through
- Word choice is strong and appropriate for a narrative
(concrete nouns to make images clear, action verbs to
show instead of tell)
- Follows proper formatting guidelines regarding:
 Header
 Title
 Font
 Page Layout
- Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation is employed
throughout essay
-Student made all teacher recommended revisions noted
on rough draft
- Student took essay to Write Place to be edited
Possible
Points
20
Points
Earned
20
20
5
10
5
0
Total Score: ___________