Imaginative
Story Instructions
You must:
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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
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VERY evident
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MOSTLY evident
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SOMEWHAT evident
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NOT evident
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Organization/Progression
of Ideas (35 pts)
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10
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7
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5
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0
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15
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12
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9
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0
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10
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7
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5
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0
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Development
of Ideas (30 pts)
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10
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7
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5
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0
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10
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7
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5
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0
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Reasonable resolution
for the conflict*
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10
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7
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5
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0
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Editing (20
pts)
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10
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0
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10
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7
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5
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0
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Attention to
Directions (10 pts)
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Rubric with name, period and date
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Final Copy
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Editing Sheet
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IF you have them, early paper drafts
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Story Chart
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10
(all present)
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8
(1 item missing)
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6
(2 items missing)
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0
(3 or more items
missing)
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5
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0
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*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 