Helping Students Narrow a Topic

One activity for teaching students how to narrow their topics for a Literacy Narrative Essay is to walk them through the process of evolving a topic. This exercise is designed to model a student's process for narrowing a topic and also to give students practice evolving their own topics. In addition, it provides them with sample questions they can ask themselves to narrow a topic.

Click on selection below for more on:

• Evolving a Topic Exercise Teacher Instructions
• Evolving a Topic Exercise Student Instructions
• View a Topic Sample
• View a Topic Template Handout