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Creating an Illustrated Myth eMbedded assessMeNT 2
Assignment
Your assignment is to work with a partner to create an original myth that explains a belief, custom, or natural phenomenon through the actions of gods or heroes. Be sure that your myth teaches a lesson or a moral and includes illustrations that complement the myth as it unfolds.
Planning and Prewriting: Take time to make a plan for your illustrated myth.
• How can you use the stories from the unit as models for your own myth?
• How will you choose possible natural phenomena that you could explain in your myth?
• Which prewriting strategy (such as the plot diagram or outline) will you use to plan the organization?
Drafting: Create a draft that includes the elements of an effective narrative.
• How will you hook the reader with an engaging opening or lead?
• How will you apply your knowledge of sensory and figurative language and purposeful dialogue to vividly tell a story?
• How will you show the characters’ responses to the event, including their thoughts and feelings?
• How will you express the lesson learned or the significance of the experience?
• How will you find or create illustrations to capture key parts of your myth?
Evaluating and Revising the Draft: Create opportunities to review and revise your work.
• During the process of writing, when will you share your work with your writing group?
• What is your plan to include suggestions and revision ideas into your draft?
• How can the Scoring Guide help you self-evaluate how well your draft meets the requirements of the assignment?
Checking and Editing: Confirm that your final draft is ready for publication.
• How will you proofread and edit your draft to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage?
• Howwillyoucreateatitleandassembleyourillustrationsinanappealingmanner?
• What technology tools could you use to prepare a final draft for publication?
Reflection
My Notes
After completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about
accomplishing this task, and respond to the following: Avoid using images in a way
• Reflect on the process you used to come up with an original myth. How did reading and studying the myths in this unit help prepare you to write your own myth?
that would violate copyright law. You may download or copy an image for personal use and provide the source, but you may not broadcast the image without the owner’s permission.
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