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Short Story Project

Write a picture book with a story that uses the elements of literature that we have been learning and pictures that match the plot.

Rubric Code: F76X97

By rspilman

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Quality of Project
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
Quality of Story	Poor Story is not very creative or inventive. It has a "been there, done that" idea that doesn't draw the reader in.	Fair Ok. Story is new but not especially creative.	Good Great! Creative and inventive and fun to read.
Class Participation and Completion
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Participation	Poor The student did not use class time wisely and had to be reminded on a consistent basis by the teacher to stay on task and work	Fair The student used class time somewhat wisely but had to be reminded by the teacher to stay on task and work	Good The student used the class time wisely and did not have to be reminded to stay on task and work by the teacher
Completed On Time	Poor Project was not completed on time and was more than 1 week late.	Fair Project was not completed on time and was turned in less than one week late	Good Project was completed on time and turned in on the due date
Elements of Literature
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Setting	Poor Setting does not create a mood and tone for the story that is appropriate for the story	Fair XXX	Good Setting creates a mood and tone for the story that is appropriate for the story
Characterization	Poor The story contains major characters that are very flat and undeveloped a play little to no role in the plot of the story	Fair The story contains major characters that are fairly well developed but still somewhat uninteresting and play a minor role in the plot of the story	Good The story contains very well developed and interesting major characters that play important roles in the plot of the story
Protagonist and Antagonist	Poor Neither is included and correctly identified	Fair Only one is included and correctly identified	Good Both are included and correctly identified
Point of View	Poor Incorrectly Identified and changes throughout the story	Fair xx	Good Correctly Identified and does not change throughout the story
Conflict	Poor There is no conflict in the story or it is not correctly identified	Fair Conflict is present in the story. Some internal and/or external conflict is correctly identified.	Good Conflict is tied to the plot. Internal and/ or external conflict is correctly identified.
Plot	Poor 0/5 parts of plot are identified correctly	Fair 3/5 parts of plot are identified correctly.	Good All five parts of plot are identified correctly (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Theme	Poor No theme is present and correctly identified	Fair A theme is included and correctly identified	Good A motif is included and seamlessly connected to the story. It is correctly identified.

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English

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Project

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