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Task: Compose a powerful narrative text that conveys a deeper meaning about life.
Purpose: To engage the reader; to get him / her to think about your deeper meaning; to convey a meaningful experience.
Audience: Yourself and your peers.
meets+ Compose multiple complete (3) drafts. Compose multiple complete Compose multiple (2)
Production Compose more than three Seek focused peer and teacher critique drafts (2). complete drafts.
I can master the complete drafts to improve writing. Seek peer and teacher critique to
writing process: Seek additional, focused Use rubric and mini-lessons to improve improve writing.
planning, drafting, critique from teacher,
writing. Critique peer work.
seeking feedback, peers, and outside
revising, and sources. Critique peer / own work effectively Critique own work.
polishing. and respectfully.
meets + Use a variety of rich literary devices to Use literary devices to create an Use detail to build
Use advanced literary create an accurate connotation. accurate connotation. imagery in readers
devices: imagery Eliminate ineffective repetition. mind.
Vocabulary
I can use figurative symbol simile / metaphor Use a thesaurus purposefully to Some ineffective
language and irony personification improve some weak verbs and repetition.
literary devices to allusion alliteration vague descriptions. Some weak verbs and
paint a picture in the foreshadowing Use strong, specific verbs (actions). vague descriptions.
readers mind. flashback Use effective repetition.
Exceeds Meets Approaching Partially Meets
meets + Capitalize proper nouns. Capitalize proper nouns. Capitalize proper
Use colon, semicolon, Spell words c orrectly. Spell words c orrectly. nouns.
hyphen, dash, or ellipses Convention errors do not take Spell words correctly.
Conventions accurately away / distract from the Convention errors
I can make Use unconventional
purposeful choices meaning of the text. take away / distract
decisions (italics,
about when to use from the meaning of
indentations, odd
writing conventions. the text.
line/stanza breaks, etc.)
symbolically in writing.