Description

1. Have the students bring in a scrap of fabric from an article of clothing, a blanket, or any other textile. The scrap of fabric that they choose should be from an item that brings back happy memories for the student.

2. The student will write a narrative about the memory the scrap of fabric brings back. The steps of the writing process should be used to achieve this goal.

3. The students should design a title page for the story using the scrap of fabric as part of the design. The title page should also include the title of the story and the author.

4. Because the writing process is a lengthy procedure two days have been allotted for this assignment. In reality, it took our students close to a month to complete this assignment because, naturally this was not the only assignment that they had.

Sub-Skills Needed:

Materials Needed

2. Markers, pencil crayons, stencils, stickers, etc. for designing the title page

3. Unlined paper

Computer Integration

The students will use the word processing program to write their stories. The students should be instructed to number their pages (except the title page) and create a header that will display the author at the top of each page. The program will also be used to create title pages for the projects to which the students' scraps of fabric may be attractively attached. The features such as WordArt and borders and shading will be useful tools for this project.

See Computer Curriculum Guide:

Evaluation

• Narrative Analytic Rubric
• Writing Evaluation Rubric
• Writing Assessment Rubric
• Student Writing Assessment Checklist
• Telling a Story: Narrative Writing Rubric