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Short Story Project

Use the GoAnimate website to create a shorts story that uses the elements of literature that we have learned in class.

Rubric Code: Q7A563

By newzealand

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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
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
dialogue	Poor The story contains dialogue that is uninteresting, doesn't reveal distinct characters, and plays little to no role in the plot of the story	Fair The story contains dialologue that is somewhat uninteresting, minimally reveals unique characters, and plays a minor role in the plot of the story	Good The story contains very interesting dialogue that reveals unique characters and plays an important role 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
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)