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Create a Native tradition based Creation/Nature Myth

We have explored and discussed creation myths...now it is your turn to create your own in the likeness of the Native Americans! TASK: You will create a myth that explains a natural phenomenon such as the reason behind a volcano's eruption, earthquake, echoes, rainbows, droughts, hail etc. As you brainstorm what to write, it is important to remember that Native Americans created their stories with a purpose. Everything they created had a reason. The main purpose of mythology was to explain the way their world worked or to help them understand mysteries of nature or human life. Your story should not only have beautiful language (personification, simile, metaphor, symbolism etc) but should also serve a function (explain something in nature). SPECIFICS: Your myth needs to be typed, double-spaced and be 2 pages in length. The illustration you include will be a painting which will be evaluated separately.

Rubric Code: R8475A

By jamerae

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Writing a Myth
	Exemplary 10 pts	Acceptable 7 pts	Deficient 5 pts	Not completed and/or not gradable 0 pts
Main topic/ Idea Sentence	Exemplary Main topic/ idea is clear. There is a clear theme that follows a creation or explanation of a natural phenomenon (natural event).	Acceptable Main topic/ idea is somewhat clear. There is a generally clear theme that follows a creation or explanation of a natural phenomenon (natural event).	Deficient Main topic/ idea is not present at all. There is no clear theme that follows a creation or explanation of a natural phenomenon (natural event).	Not completed and/or not gradable This is an assignment with no more than a reference to the task or NO PRODUCT at all.
Character/human or non-human	Exemplary There is a clear, well-thought out and described main character or a cast of more than one character, who interacts and is a PART of the myth.	Acceptable There is a well described main character or cast of characters, but they do not fit with the nature myth and seem random or thrown in. OR The main character or cast of characters fit the story, but they are not well-described or "fleshed-out."	Deficient There is no character included at all.	Not completed and/or not gradable This is an assignment with no more than a reference to the task or NO PRODUCT at all.
There is logical order to the story	Exemplary Well ordered sentences (beginning, middle, and end) that keep to the topic / subject.	Acceptable Sentences keep to the topic, but the order is weak.	Deficient Topic and story are confusing for the reader and the order seems random and not well thought out.	Not completed and/or not gradable This is an assignment with no more than a reference to the task or NO PRODUCT at all.
Details	Exemplary Exciting details make the reader "picture" the scene. The reader can imagine what is going on and we "see" the story in our heads like a movie. Uses 2 literary devices properly and well integrated.	Acceptable Some details help the reader understand what is going on. Uses 2 literary devices.	Deficient No supporting details are used at all. Does not use a literary device.	Not completed and/or not gradable This is an assignment with no more than a reference to the task or NO PRODUCT at all.
Spelling and Grammar	Exemplary Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct, Presentation is neat and well illustrated.	Acceptable Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct, Presentation is neat and well illustrated.	Deficient Spelling, grammar, and punctuation contain many errors. Presentation is very disorderly (very sloppy) or not at all illustrated.	Not completed and/or not gradable This is an assignment with no more than a reference to the task or NO PRODUCT at all.
Typed	Exemplary The story has a title and has been typed in times new roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced.	Acceptable The story is missing one of the components: title, times, 12pt, double-spaced	Deficient The story is missing two or more of the components: title, times, 12pt, double-spaced	Not completed and/or not gradable This assigment wasn't typed.
Story Length	Exemplary The story is a minimum of two full pages in length typed to the specifications listed above.	Acceptable The story is one page in length typed to the specifications listed above.	Deficient The story is substantially shorter then a page in length typed to the specifications listed above.	Not completed and/or not gradable The story is too short to qalify for credit based on length typed to the specifications listed above.
Oral Tradition	Exemplary The story was read aloud to the class by the author(s) of the story	Acceptable X	Deficient X	Not completed and/or not gradable The story wasn't read aloud to the class by the author(s) of the story

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