Imaginative Story Info

Imaginative Story Instructions

You must:

·         Abide by the following due dates:

o   First Draft shared with correct title: Thursday, Dec. 1, BOC

o   Plot Chart: Thursday, Dec. 1, BOC

o   Revised Draft: Friday, Dec. 2, EOC

o   Final Draft with Process Packet: Wednesday, Dec. 7, BOC (see rubric)

You will:

• Write an imaginative story (fiction) and take it through the entire writing process (drafting, revising, editing, publishing)
• Write a 2-paged, double-spaced, 12-point font, typed story (longer stories might be accepted with a conference)
• Publish your final draft in one of the following formats:  short story, short film with script, choose your own adventure book, first chapter or 2 of a novel, children’s book (paper or digital), narrative poem, narrative song, faux letters/journal/diary, play (in script format), or graphica
• Use at least one purposeful instance of dialogue
• Revise your story to add in vivid active verbs and decrease the number of boring be verbs.
• When appropriate to your story, break in to appropriate paragraphs/sections
• When appropriate to your format, break this story into pages/segments/frames
• When appropriate to your format, create visuals/pictures
• Do your first draft and revision in your Google Docs
• Follow conventions for the title of your text.  Remember, we do not underline, italicize, bold or do really anything different with the title when it is ON the original text most of the time.

You may:

• Work on drafts in class when you have finished your daily work, at home, or in the library before or after school
• Present this story to your class (during extra time during final review/exams)

• Conference with your teacher or with peers who are not busy with another project
• Transform your story into another genre after the first revision
• Have a “guest illustrator” IF they are properly credited
• Use a really fantastic poetic/literary device for extra credit.  Then, you must highlight and label it on your final draft.  THEN, you need to explain why you used it – in other words, what did it add to the story or character. 

You may not:

• Use a previously published story for this assignment
• Copy work from another student or from the internet
• Ask for a pass to the library during Activity to use the computers for this project

Imaginative Story Rubric

           

	VERY evident	MOSTLY evident	SOMEWHAT evident	NOT evident
Organization/Progression of Ideas (35 pts)
Well-developed protagonist with a conflict	10	7	5	0
Clear beginning/middle/end* (BME) with smooth transitions in time and story	15	12	9	0
Paragraphing or other format-appropriate divisions are thoughtful and follow conventions	10	7	5	0
Development of Ideas (30 pts)
Interesting Dialogue that develops character or plot in a meaningful way	10	7	5	0
Vivid Verbs	10	7	5	0
·         Reasonable resolution for the conflict*	10	7	5	0
Editing (20 pts)
Error free final draft (1 pt. each error)**	10			0
Follows the conventions of your selected format as we went over together in small groups, including the title	10	7	5	0
Attention to Directions (10 pts)
All parts of packet present, in order ·         Rubric with name, period and date ·         Final Copy ·         Editing Sheet ·         IF you have them, early paper drafts ·         Story Chart	10 (all present)	8 (1 item missing)	6 (2 items missing)	0 (3 or more items missing)
BONUS:  Well used literary device that is highlighted, labeled and explained in terms of your purpose in using it.	5			0

*Cliff hangers and early novel chapters must have pre-approval and a signature here.  ________

**First two typed pages (or the equivalent) will be graded for editing, the full story for content