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Creating Mythical Creatures

Students will create their own mythical creature, create a written report and build a cohesive "folk tale" using the creature as the central character.

Rubric Code: W2XCC68

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Mythical Creature
	Excellent 4 pts	Strong 3 pts	Work Could Improve 2 pts	Not working to full potential 1 pts
Creation of creature written "folk tale" associated with creature	Excellent Clear, well-thought out and described mythical creature. ~story includes a clear situation that has a conflict with a solution ~clearly describes special powers	Strong Described mythical creature ~story includes a situation that has a conflict with a solution ~briefly describes special powers	Work Could Improve There is a mythical creature included / featured in the story, but only by name. ~situation with conflict/solution unclear ~special powers not included	Not working to full potential There is no character included at all.
Details	Excellent Exciting details make the reader "picture" the scene. ~reader can imagine what is going on and we "see" the story in our heads like a movie.	Strong Some details help the reader understand what is going on.	Work Could Improve Not enough details to help the reader understand the story.	Not working to full potential No supporting details are used at all.
There is logical order to the story	Excellent Well ordered sentences (beginning, middle, and end) that keep to the topic / subject.	Strong Sentences keep to the topic, but the order is weak.	Work Could Improve Some parts do not keep to the topic.	Not working to full potential Topic and story are confusing for the reader and the order seems random and not well thought out.
Spelling, Grammar, and Illustration	Excellent Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct, ~presentation is neat	Strong Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct,	Work Could Improve Spelling, grammar, and punctuation contain many errors. ~presentation is somewhat neat	Not working to full potential Spelling, grammar, and punctuation contain many errors. ~presentation is very disorderly
Cooperation Behavior throughout the lesson	Excellent Consistently attentive; was never publicly critical.	Strong Frequently attentive; was rarely publicly critical.	Work Could Improve Occasionally attentive; was sometimes publicly critical.	Not working to full potential Rarely attentive; was usually publicly critical and disruptive.

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