POTENTIAL NARRATIVE TOPICS
Here is the list of possible topics students have generated
for their narratives, in the past. Feel
free to use these or any other appropriate topic that is appealing. Maybe one of these will spark you on to a
better topic. Consider topics others
will want to read about…can you really make brake changes and hydrogen engines
into engaging narratives? If so, write it!
- a going-away
party
- precognition
- where
I was on 9/11
- a memorable
vacation event
- new
job—first day
- moving
for first time
- what having
children taught me
- goal(s)
achieved
- losing
weight
- death
of a family member
- car
accident
- parents’
divorce
- drugs
in the family
- financial
crisis
- my gambling
addiction
- a bad
break
- a
lucky break
- the trip
to the island
- growing
up in Africa or anywhere
- a
lacrosse/sport game
- friend
committing suicide
- a
life-changing experience
- camping
trip
- an epiphany
or revelation
- a
bonfire
- my first
year buying Christmas presents
- first
job
- worst
job
- first
traffic ticket
- graduation
- breaking
a bone
- my first
day in the U.S.
- how I
got involved in soccer/a sports team
- first
day of school
- drinking
and driving
- first
impressions of a new country
- survival
during the war
- dealing
with dumb drivers in the rain
- how to
fit the America
lifestyle
- why
brakes should be replaced on a car
- why
hydrogen engines are not produced
- being
a good date
- why
I’ve been drinking
- getting
a driver’s license
- the last
day of high school
- turning
18
- getting
a new car
- learning
how to ride a bike
- a
culture shock experience
- corporal
punishment in school and its effect on me
- my
grandfather’s cattle herd
- cultural
repercussions of circumcision
- changing
schools
- adjusting
to a different school system
- close
encounters with law enforcement
- the
most offensive encounter of my life