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Tell Tale Heart Project

You work for a newspaper as the staff's artist. One of your coworkers comes to you with a great story on Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and asks you to illustrate it. For this news assignment, you must do the following: - Choose a memorable scene from the story with atleast 3 specific noteable drawings inside of the illustration. - Give an explanation of the picture - Include TWO kinds of figurative language, which you come up with on your own, to make your description more interesting (alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphore, simile, idiom, and personification) Newspaper Deadline-Friday, November 4, 2011

Rubric Code: T64AC4

By rfponder

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

"The Tell-Tale Heart"
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts
Figurative Language	Poor The illustration includes no figurative language or provides an incorrect/inaccurate use of figurative language.	Fair The illustration includes one type of figurative language and applies it correctly.	Good The illustration includes two types of figurative language and applies it correctly.
Memorable Scene	Poor The student does not illustrate a scene from the story or portrays a scene that is inaccurate to the story line.	Fair The student portrays a scene from the story, but does only includes 2 or less noteable drawings in the illustration.	Good The student portrays a scene from the story with atleast 3 specific noteable drawings inside of the illustration.
Color Illustration	Poor Student does not use any color other than pen or pencil to create illustration.	Fair Student uses three or less colors to illustrate the scene.	Good Student uses four or more colors to illustrate the scene.
Grammatical Errors	Poor Illustration includes 4 or more erros in grammar and mechanics.	Fair Illustration includes one to three errors in grammar and mechanics.	Good Illustration has zero errors in grammar and mechanics .
Presentation	Poor Student does not present illustration to the class.	Fair	Good Student presents and explains the illustration to the class.