Narrative Writing Teacher’s Checklist for first draft

Name: Rony _____________________ Section: 11C _____ Title of Story: the cookie of cookie of doom
edited by alex _________________________

Structure Done! Starting to…

Not yet ☹

Overall created a narrative that has setting, characters, conflict, and !

theme.

exposition The beginning sets the story in motion and includes details …
that will later be important to the story

Transitions used transitional phrases to alert reader to the passage of !

time, to connect parts of the story, (and suddenly, if only,
meanwhile)

conclusion wrote an ending that conveys change and creates a sense of Not yet
closure by showing clearly how the character or place has
changed or the problem has been resolved.

Organization The narrative structure is mostly conventional and linear, !

and the sequence of events is clear.

Development Done! Starting to…

Not yet ☹

Elaboration - developed the action, dialogue, details, and inner thinking !

- developed the central character as well as the setting.

- characters, setting and theme adhere to assignment

requirement.

Description - developed characters’ motivations and showed why …..

characters do what they do.

- used specific details to help the reader picture the place

and the mood.

- varied the language and sentence structure to match the

tone and the characters.

Conventions

Spelling - used the available sources to check spelling of words. …..

Punctuation - used correct punctuation marks to avoid run-ons and lack …..

of clarity.

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- punctuated dialogue accurately.