W.9-10.3

In the personal essay, “Thunder,” on Massachusetts Writing Standards in Action, the writer blends narrative and informational techniques to relate a profound personal experience that occurs during an orchestra rehearsal. Information about the performance venue, the weather conditions, the orchestra, and the music coalesces into a brief, fast-paced narrative account of the writer’s responses to the music, to the story it evokes, and to her place in the performance. (W.9–10.2, W.9–10.3, W.9–10.4, W.9–10.5, L.9–10.1, L.9–10.2, L.9–10.5, L.9–10.6)

Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create an appropriate progression of experiences or events.

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.