Narrative Writing

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Narrative Writing

• Charlee McHenry

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Table of Contents

• Story Telling
• Project Description
• Project Timeline
• Rubrics

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Story Telling

• You write to communicate to the hearts and minds
  of others whats burning inside you. And we edit
  to let the fire show through the smoke. Arthur
  Polotnik
• We will
• Create
• Proofread
• Publish
• Share

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Project Description

• Create a narrative
• Pick a topic from your life
• Craft a story around that topic
• 5-8 complete sentences, about a half a page
• Proofread your work and revise
• Length
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Sequence
• Publish using PowerPoint
• Transfer your written work to slide (pages)
• Illustrate your slides with digital image
• Share your digital story with the class

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Project Timeline
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Pick a Topic, PowerPoint Instruction Start First Draft Proofread First Draft DUE Start Second Draft Proofread Second Draft DUE
Final Draft DUE, Start PP Book Continue PP Book Continue PP Book, Begin illustrations Continue PP Book, Teacher Review of PP Book Make Revisions, Completed PP Book DUE
Share PP Books with the class
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Grading- Rubrics

• Presentation (3 point)
• Students will receive one point for each
  component of the presentation of the PowerPoint
  Digital Book.
• Sample Rubric
• ____ 4 or more PowerPoint slides
• ____ Slides contain text from students written
  Final Draft
• ____ Illustrations are on at least one slide

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Content
0 pt. 2 point 4 points 6 points
No effort Final Draft contained numerous spelling errors. Student made little or no attempt to correct spelling errors noted in previous drafts. Final Draft contained some misspellings of grade level words that were recommended for correction in a previous writing draft. Final Draft met, or exceeded, grade level spelling standards. All recommended spelling corrections from previous drafts were made, or appropriate substitutions were provided.
No effort Final Draft contains numerous grammatical errors and contains some/many incomplete sentences. Final Draft contained some grammatical errors and/or incomplete sentences that were identified in a previous draft. Final Draft contained only complete sentences and there is evidence that many or all of the recommended grammar corrections from previous drafts translated to the Final Draft.
No effort The student composed less than three complete sentences. The student composed three to four complete sentences, falling short of the minimum standard for Final Draft composition length. The student met or exceeded the five complete sentence minimum standard for Final Draft composition length.
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Sample Technology Rubric

• Students will receive one point for the
  successful meeting of each software requirement
  of their PowerPoint Digital Book assignment.
• Sample Rubric
• Students must have collected a minimum of 1
  digital image in their student document file.
• Student must create multiple slides in
  PowerPoint.
• Slides must contain original text content
  from student.
• Student has demonstrated the use of at least
  three
• PowerPoint applications including, but not
  limited to,
• animated text, moving images, insert
  picture, and change in slide layout.

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