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Creative Writing Semester Project

 

Types and Lengths:

 

Ÿ        Short Story – 8 -10 typed, DS, one side only pages; written 27-30 pages.

 

Ÿ        Poetry –  350 lines total

 

Ÿ        One act plays, TV scripts, own show, script with film -- appropriate to genre, certainly 20 pages typed minimum

 

Ÿ        Magazine/Literary Magazine -- adjusted totals according to combination of types all ads are original as is all artwork, etc…

 

Ÿ        Novella -- longer that short story so use common sense

 

Ÿ        Journal: Fiction or Non-Fiction (must have a focus and an end -- event) -- same as SS

 

Ÿ        Children’s book -- 12-18 pages: must be a story, subtle theme, original drawings or at least your ideas for the illustrations; please no clip art or d/l images

 

Ÿ        Biography (a real person you can know) or Autobiography -- same as SS

 

Ÿ        No reports or research papers beyond the biography.

 

Ÿ        Have an idea?  Let’s talk.

 

Process Notes

 

·        These are to be full products with all the conventions associated with whatever you produce.

·        All projects have a cover and title page or some other original packaging., and signed disclaimer page.

·        You will be checked weekly and will be expected to be able to work on it weekly.

·        You will be graded with the provided rubric.

 

 

 

Creative Writing Semester Project Scoring Guide

Masterful

Accomplished

Developing

Unsatisfactory

Genre & Content Quality

The project is of exemplary quality by every measure of the rubric for its genre. The content is engaging & powerful.

The project is of exemplary or good quality by every measure of the rubric for its genre. The content is engaging.

The project may be of uneven quality according to the rubric for its genre.  The content is appropriate but ordinary.

The project is lacking noticeably by the standards of its genre’s scoring guide. The content is ordinary or worse.

Growth & Mastery of Writing Skills

The project clearly demonstrates significant mastery of writing skills & is virtually flawless in the conventions of English.

The project clearly demonstrates improvement in your writing skills over the course of this class & contains only minor, infrequent errors in the conventions of English.

The project demonstrates some improvement in your writing skills over the course of this class & may contain some major violations of the conventions of English.

The project demonstrates little improvement in your writing skills over the course of this class & contains several significant violations of the conventions of English.

Originality & Creativity

The project is truly unique in many respects & reflects an inventive or clever approach to its genre &/or content.

The project is unique in some ways & reflects some cleverness in its approach to its genre &/or content.  

The project is largely ordinary in content & approach to its genre &/or content. 

The project is uninspired & clichéd.

Effort & Use of Writing Process

The project reflects exceptional effort & highly effective use of in-class writing, conferencing, & peer reading time.  Use of the writing process is clearly sophisticated, extensive, & effective.

The project reflects notable effort & effective use of in-class writing, conferencing, & peer reading time.  Use of the writing process is clearly effective.

The project reflects acceptable effort & use of in-class writing, conferencing, & peer reading time.  Errors and weakness may reflect some ineffective use of the writing process.

The project reflects insufficient effort & use of in-class writing, conferencing, & peer reading time.  Use of the writing process is lacking or even completely neglected.

Professional Presentation & General Impression

The project is masterfully polished, aesthetically remarkable, & creatively presented. The reader found the project to be truly engaging & enjoyable.

The project is well polished, aesthetically pleasing, & creatively presented.  The reader found the project to be quite enjoyable.

The project is fairly well presented but may lack some polish, aesthetic quality, or creative presentation. The reader found the project ordinary but enjoyable.

The project is poorly presented with little polish, aesthetic quality, or creativity in presentation.  The reader may find the project difficult to read or enjoy.

 

Grade:__________  + ½ Letter Grade Early    Yes     No    =__________

 

 

Semester Project Personalized Peer Reading

 

1. Journal: On a separate piece of paper, list FIVE things you really like about your project and FIVE things you wish you could have done better.  Be sure to leave at least TWO lines between each entry so that a peer reader may make comments.

2. Semester Project Personalized Peer Reading Workshop


    a. Give your semester project and Personal Peer Reading Guide to a Peer Reader.


    b. Peer readers fill out the Personal Peer Reading Guide and make comments & corrections on the paper as needed.


    c. Peer readers check in your Personal Peer Reading Guide when finished and then give the Guide and Project back to the author.


    d. 5 points extra credit for additional peer reads.


    e. Authors use comments to begin revisions.

 

    f. If you are turning your project in today, don’t forget to turn it in once you have had it read and commented upon.