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Create a Nature Myth-Writing Assignment 
Create a Nature Myth-Writing Assignment
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 final product needs to be typed, double-spaced and be 2 pages in length. YOU MUST include ONE colorful illustration that depicts a scene from your myth.
Rubric Code: H7ACA9
By jaclyndavey
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric 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 one full page in length typed to the specifications listed above.
Acceptable

The story is slightly shorter than 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.
Illustration

Exemplary

The illustration is colorful, on a blank white sheet of paper and clearly depicts a scene from the story. Stron effort put forth in its creation.
Acceptable

The illustration is lacking either color, blank sheet of paper used or a clear relation to the story. Some effort is visable in its creation.
Deficient

The illustration is lacking in multiple required areas (color, white paper, clear depiction, and effort towards its creation.
Not completed and/or not gradable

No effort towards creating an illustrations based on requirements.
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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