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Final Chapter-Midnight Zoo Alternate or Extended Ending for your Lit Circle novel Students continue the novel by writing the "REAL" final chapter. Rubric Code: NX574XC By amandakiat Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excelling 0 pts	Meeting 0 pts	Approaching 0 pts	Not Yet 0 pts
Similes	Excelling The writer has used 3 exceptional similes	Meeting The writer has used 2 or 3 similes	Approaching The writer has used 1 simile	Not Yet The writer has used no similes
Dialogue	Excelling The writing has: exceptional capitalization and punctuation including indention of paragraphs when using dialogue	Meeting The writing has: consistent capitalization and punctuation, and has indented many new paragraphs to show a new speaker is talking.	Approaching The writing has:<BR> generally correct capitalization and punctuation, but has not used indents to show new speakers.	Not Yet The writing has: several errors with capitalization and punctuation in their use of dialogue
Word choice	Excelling The writing has: sentences that show exceptionally precise, specific, descriptive and vivid word choice	Meeting The writing has: sentences that show consistently appropriate word choices that are generally precise, varied, and descriptive.	Approaching The writing has generally varied and descriptive word choice that are appropriate for the image being described.	Not Yet The writing has: some general and repetitive words that may be inappropriate or ineffective to the image or activity being described.
Ending Awesomeness	Excelling The writer has created an alternate ending that either: -teaches a lessons -surprises the reader -provides and unexpected solution -creates more of a mystery AND---it super dooper AWESOME	Meeting The writer has created an alternate ending that either: -teaches a lessons -surprises the reader -provides and unexpected solution -creates more of a mystery and leaves the reader satisfied	Approaching The writer has created an alternate ending that either: -teaches a lessons -surprises the reader -provides and unexpected solution -creates more of a mystery BUT-falls a bit flat	Not Yet The writer has not created an alternate ending that either: -teaches a lessons -surprises the reader -provides and unexpected solution -creates more of a mystery
Voice-Author	Excelling The writing uses the same voice as the characters in the original book. It seems as though Sonya Hartnett has written it.	Meeting The writing mostly uses the same voice as the characters in the original book.	Approaching The writing somewhat uses the same voice as the characters in the original book.	Not Yet The writing does not use the same voice as the characters in the original book.