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Short Story Project

Write a picture book with a story that uses the elements of literature that we have been learning and pictures that match the plot.

Rubric Code: U27WW6

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Quality of Project
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 8 pts	Good 12 pts
Quality of Pictures and Presentatio	Poor The book is sloppy and graphics are messy and/or not connected to the story.	Fair There are less than 5 graphics and/or they are not well seleccted. The video is good quality.	Good The minimum of 5 graphics is met. They are well chosen and and match the story plot. The video is near-professional quality.
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.
Organization	Poor The story is poorly organized. The events of the story are out of order or difficult to understand.	Fair At least one part of the story has the reader confused about "what just happened?" because of poor organization of thoughts.	Good The story flows nicely from the beginning to the end. The reader is not confused or lost.
Conventions	Poor Provides litte or no evidence of having a command of grade-level conventions.	Fair Provides evidence of adequate command of grade level conventions.	Good Provides evidence of consistent and stong command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling)
Elements of Literature
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 6 pts
Flat and Round Characters	Poor 0 included and correctly identified	Fair 1 included and correctly identified	Good 2 (or more) included and correctly identified
Static and Dynamic Characters	Poor 0 included and correctly identified	Fair 1 included and correctly identified	Good 2 (or more) included and correctly identified
Protagonist and Antagonist	Poor 0 included and correctly identified	Fair 1 included and correctly identified	Good 2 (or more) included and correctly identified
Point of View	Poor Incorrectly Identified	Fair xx	Good 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.
Direct and Indirect Characterizatio	Poor No examples are identified correctly using direct quotes from your writing.	Fair Direct and indirect characterization is vivid and descriptive. There are two examples of each form of characterization identified.	Good Direct and indirect characterization is vivid and descriptive. There are at least 3 examples of each form of characterization 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)
Forshadowing (Bonus)	Poor No foreshadowing is correctly identified.	Fair The story is written with foreshadowing and it is correctly identified.	Good The story has foreshadowing written smoothly into the plot and it is correctly identified.
Motif (Bonus)	Poor No motif is correctly identified	Fair A motif is included and correctly identified	Good A motif is included and seamlessly connected to the story. It is correctly identified.

Subjects:

English

Types:

Project

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