This Short Story Assignment is a standards-based culminating project for a short story unit. I successfully use this assignment in a Gen-Ed English 9 class.
Includes:
Guided requirements page (with key)
Scaffolded brainstorming & planning sheets
Standards-based rubric
This assignment is easily adaptable for use in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10!
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CCSSW.9-10.3e
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
CCSSW.9-10.3d
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSSW.9-10.3c
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSSW.9-10.3b
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSSW.9-10.3a
Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.