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Writing a Short Story embedded aSSeSSmeNT 2
Assignment
Write a story using dialogue, vivid verbs, and figurative language that captures a real or imagined experience and includes characters, conflict, and a plot with exposition, climax, and resolution.
Planning and Prewriting: Take time to make a plan for your short story.
• Review the unit activities and your Reader/Writer Notebook for ideas. What activities have you completed that will help you as you create a short story with the required elements?
• What would you like your short story to be about? What prewriting strategies can you use to help you create ideas?
Drafting: Decide the structure of your story and how you will incorporate the elements of a short story.
• How will you make use of the story starters in the unit to help you create and develop a short story?
• Will you work from a plot diagram or an outline of a story idea? Is there another way you can create a structure that develops the characters and plot of your story?
Evaluating and Revising: Create opportunities to review and revise in order to make your work the best it can be.
• During the process of drafting, have you paused at points to share and respond with others to learn how well you are integrating the necessary narrative techniques into your short story?
• Is your story developing as you want it to? Are you willing to change your story if you must? Once you get suggestions, are you creating a plan to include revision ideas in your draft?
• Have you used the Scoring Guide to help you evaluate how well your draft includes the requirements of the assignment?
Checking and Editing for Publication: Confirm your final draft is ready for publication.
• How will you check for grammatical and technical accuracy?
• Have you verified spelling?
Reflection
After completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about accomplishing this assignment, and answer this question: How did you make sure your final draft was the best it could be in terms of spelling, vocabulary use, and conventions for punctuating and writing dialogue?
my Notes
Use online dictionaries, thesauruses, or other resources for checking spelling and grammar in your short story.
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