The document outlines the steps in writing a narrative essay, including prewriting such as listing, clustering, and free writing; drafting and revising the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion; and finalizing the essay for inclusion in a writing portfolio. It also provides guidance on effective titles, thesis statements, narrative flow, sentence structure, grammar, style, and revision strategies.

1. Steps in the Narrative Essay Gitte’s Version

2. 7 Stages Prewriting Drafting Revising Drafting Revising Final Product Portfolio

3. A Writer’s Tools Memory Conversation Observation Reading Imagination

4. Pre-writing Activities Listing Clustering Timeline Free writing Talking Reading

5. Titles Function Rules Conventions Style

6. Introduction Hook Background Information Thesis

7. Thesis Statements What is it? Where is it? What’s a good one? Stated/Implied

8. The Paragraph 1 Topic sentence 2 Support 3 Concluding Sentence

9. Revision Strategies Peer Review Vocabulary Sentence length Editing strategies

10. Narrative Flow Chronology Linking Paragraphs

11. Sentence Variety Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence- Adverb Clauses

12. Grammar Past Tense Word form Parallel Structure Subject-Verb Agreement Grammar Girl

13. Style Senses Direct Speech Similes Metaphors Vocabulary

14. The Portfolio Collect Organize Label Reflect