5 memoir stories, each at least two full pages for each story

-Elements of a Story

All stories relate to one theme

All stories have specific scenes

All stories have a plot that advances through rising action and conflict

Includes three (3) instances of figurative language.

Includes dialoge (back and forth, 2 stories minimum)

The story is resolved in some fashion

The three stories are separate (i.e. you don’t have to read the first to understand the second) but have the same first person narrator

Formatting and Writing concerns

Punctuated dialogue correctly (including period to comma rule)

Paragraphs change when there is a change in focus

MLA Formatting

Writes essay to full ability in terms of grammar, punctuation, and spelling