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Publish Narrative Writing with Scratch

Throughout our Narrative writing unit, students wrote 3 narrative writing pieces. They chose one to make into a animation using Scratch. Students needed to include the main story elements but through the use of visuals, so more showing and not telling.

Rubric Code: GXA2W9B

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Publish Narrative Writing/Scratch Grade 3 and 4 (GRADE 3 only to level 3 and 4's level 4)
	Level 1 1 pts	Level 2 2 pts	Level 3 3 pts	Level 4 4 pts
STORYBOARD Required Elements: at least 4 slides shows scenes, characters, main ideas for each slide. Includes emotions wanting to get across and words.	Level 1 It was incomplete or was poorly done. Did not include the main elements	Level 2 Shows the student made some preparation prior to starting story. May not match their original story exactly.	Level 3 Student includes all the major elements.	Level 4 Student includes all elements. They have developed a plan that shows what they need to include for every scene including ideas to show emotion, background and characters that will be in each scene.
LEAD	Level 1 The student tried to make a beginning for their story	Level 2 The student thought about how to make a beginning that would support their narrative story. The student chose the action, talk, or setting that would make a good beginning.	Level 3 The student developed a beginning that helped their audience know who the characters were and what the setting was for their story.	Level 4 The student developed a beginning that did not just tell the audience the setting and characters, but helped them see who the characters are, what was happening and where, getting their audience into the world of their story.
ENDING	Level 1 The student found way to end their story.	Level 2 The student chose the action, talk or feeling that would make a good ending.	Level 3 The student chose the action, talk or feeling that would make a good ending and spent time crafting their characters movement and dialogue to develop a good ending.	Level 4 The student developed an ending that connected to the beginning or the middle of the story. The student used the action, dialogue, or feeling to bring a feeling of closure to their story.
ELABORATION	Level 1 The student put the picture from their mind into their project. There were minimal details added through the use of pictures and words.	Level 2 The student tried to bring their characters to life with dialogue and actions.	Level 3 The student worked to show what happened to (and in) his characters through the use of body language, facial expressions and showing feelings.	Level 4 The student added more to the heart of their story, including not only actions and dialogue but also thoughts and feelings. It is clear what the heart of the story is, as the student spent more time developing this section of their story.
CRAFT	Level 1 The student used sound or words to give details.	Level 2 The writer chose strong images and words that would help their audience picture their story.	Level 3 The student used images, character changes and movements in order to get readers into see what was happening and helped bring their story to life.	Level 4 The student showed why characters did what they did by including their thinking. The student varied the speed of some parts to show importance. The student included visual or verbal sensory details to help bring their story to life. The video played as a story that flowed well. It conveyed emotion or tone of the story through the use of imagery, body language, thoughts or dialogue.
SCRATCH ELEMENTS	Level 1 Only had one background or slide. Did not have character changes. Project showed little understanding of animation programming & design Lacks organization and logic Has several bugs	Level 2 Student may only have one slide or background. The use of character changes did not add to the story. Project showed some understanding of animation programming & design Has some organization and logic May have a 1 or 2 bugs	Level 3 Student included backgrounds appropriate for the story. Students had more than one character with different costumes that helped add to the story. Project showed understanding of animation programming & design Organized, logical, and debugged	Level 4 Student used multiple slides with different backgrounds to help aid in creating a feeling and flow for the story. Student used multiple costume changes for different sprites to help add to the feeling of the story. Project showed advanced understanding of animation and programming design. Used advanced programming techniques Is particularly well organized, logical, and debugged

Keywords:

Literacy, tech, Scratch, Narrative Writing, Animation Writing Workshop

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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