Encounter Essay

Criteria:

Narrative writing (story based on real facts about an animal)

In the Canadian wilderness Brian came across many wild animals. Brian
saw porcupine, turtle, wolf, skunk, squirrel, rabbit, bear,and moose.

Choose one animal that you might encounter if you were in the
wilderness of Canada.

Research the animal you chose. (you should have read the webpage I
gave relating to your animal).

Now, after learning about your animal, imagine you are in the
wilderness and you run across this animal. Your "meeting" may be
humorous, scary, or even a blessing.

You should have filled out an Imagery Chart and a Figurative Language
Chart.

Write
1 - 3 paragraphs
Add imagery, use your chart to describe the way the animal the way
your character does
include some figurative language to make your writing interesting
determine which point of view you will write from and stick to it (1st
person, 2nd person, 3rd person)
be sure you are writing through the eyes of your character and not
just describing the animal as if you were writing a research paper.

Essays will be marked using the bc performance standards.
below is a weblink to check them out.

BC Performance Standards for Narrative Writing:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/writing.htm

Click on Grade 7
Scroll down on left hand side; go to literary writing
Quickscale: Grade 7, Writing Stories