Writing Prompt Write a narrative story or poem set during the Montgomery Bus Boy

Writing Prompt
Write a narrative story or poem set during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama from 1955 to 1956.
Your story or poem should follow a linear plot diagram, synthesize the content in the source readings, include literary and/or poetic devices, and include narrative elements such as dialogue, theme, clear point of view, and characterization.
Story or Poem Length
Because narrative stories have a lot of spacing since you have to make a new paragraph for each new speaker in dialogue and because poetry is spaced differently than a story, your narrative should be a minimum of 500 words instead of having a specific page length. This is the general number count for a typed, double-spaced two page essay with one-inch margins. Because you have the option of writing a poem, a 500 word poem would be an approximate equivalent to a two-page essay.
Be sure to use the additional graphic organizers and read your source options in order to write this narrative story or poem.
Source Options
Your job will be to use at least four of the sources of literature, articles, video, lyrics, websites, and art to create an original narrative story or poem that synthesizes the information from them. You will select two pieces from each of the two categories, written texts and multi-media texts, though you can read and use information from as many of these sources as you would like to gather the background information you need to write your narrative.
Narrative Sources: Media Texts – Select at least 2.
Narrative Sources: Written Text Option 1 and
Narrative Sources: Written Text Option 2 – Select at least 2 Written texts.
The Writing Process:
You will want to follow the Writing Process to complete your essay. Follow these steps before submitting your final draft.
Your first step is to be sure that you understand how your essay will be scored. Be sure to check out the rubric below before you start writing: