CREATING - EDITING - PUBLISHING A BOOK ANALYSIS Student Assignment

Second Nine Weeks STUDENT ASSIGNMENT CREATING - EDITING - PUBLISHING A BOOK ANALYSIS Student Assignment SECOND NINE WEEKS: Our goal Write Using ALL Narrative Ingredients: create compelling characters and dialogue, correctly use clauses and phrases, vary sentences simple and compound, and create a plot that presents a natural sequence of events. Before turning in your paper, you will identify and highlight every SIMPLE and COMPOUND sentence used. Students you will create a 2-paragraph story that you will turn in EVERY Tuesday. 1. Read 20 minutes every day from a book you enjoy/love that is NEW to you, and ONLY has a FEW pictures at most. Complete this reading throughout the school week. 2. On Saturday and Sunday write your NARRATIVE, BE SURE you respond to the prompt you select. Write the number of the prompt on the top left-hand corner of your paper you can find this number on the choice board. 3. Keep all NARRATIVES in a special FOLDER where they WILL NOT be lost. 4. Be sure that you immediately place your finished NARRATIVE from the weekend in this spot every time you work on it. 5. Be ready to turn in your paper on Monday, and I will collect them on Tuesday. This will greatly reduce stress on this assignment. DUE The same day of the week each week of the entire grading period. CHANGES - Choose from the appropriate choice board. GRADING CHANGES: SECOND NINE WEEKS: Checking for ALL the Ingredients WEEKS ONE, THREE, FIVE, AND SEVEN Continue to choose a novel that tells a story, and each week write a ONE-page story response, use the main character and setting from the book you are reading. Choose 1 prompt from the choice board and respond with a two-paragraph response. Make sure you use the correct choice board! Watch the FLIPPED videos your teacher provides before writing your response each create week. Goal - Include all ingredients in your response. MONTH THREE Pick a prompt for a PLOT that you will create. Be sure it includes the main character from the book, the setting from the book (unless the prompt requires otherwise), and dialogue. MONTH FOUR - Pick a prompt for a plot that you will create PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. Be sure it includes the main character from the book, the setting from the book (unless the prompt requires otherwise), and dialogue. Be sure to use proper formatting, follow your classroom non-negotiables, and answer the prompt fully covering all INGREDIENTS that are required. 18-14 Ingredients 100 13-9 ingredients 88 8-5 ingredients 75 4-0 ingredients 63 WEEK TWO, FOUR, SIX, AND EIGHT Revise two paragraphs using ingredients check list. Following the previous instructions on this assignment, you will NOW revise your one-page written response. Watch the FLIPPED videos your teacher provides before writing your response for the revise week. Goal Correct missing and incorrect ingredients in your response. 18-15 Ingredients 100 14-11 ingredients 88

10-7 ingredients 75 6-0 ingredients 63 The following items that must be included are below: 1. Ingredients List will be used this 9 weeks for all grading purposes. 2. One-page Written 3. Simple (green) and Compound (yellow) Sentences are Underlined with Colored Pencils and a total number of these sentences is given at the bottom of the page. 4. About a NEW Book they are currently reading (Cannot be a book they ve already read) 5. Essay is On-Topic Responds to the Prompt 6. Uses Non-Negotiable Writing Techniques WEEK NINE You will now REFLECT on your narrative writing. Write this in paragraph format DO NOT write one word or bullet points as a response. REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT: Write a reflection on the process of writing. 1. Summarize what you ve learned about narrative writing. (1 Ingredient point) 2. Identify three things that you ve learned about narrative writing. (3 Ingredient point) 3. What changed from the create draft to the revise draft? Explain why it changed. (2 Ingredient points) 4. Do you feel you are now a better writer? Explain why giving three reasons why you are now better, or why you are now not better. (3 Ingredient point) 5. Set three goals for the next nine weeks. What do you hope to learn to do better in your narrative writing? (3 Ingredient point) 12-10 Ingredients 100 9-7 ingredients 88 6-4 ingredients 75 3-0 ingredients 63

2 nd 9 WEEKS SUPPLIES CHOICE BOARD #1 MONTH THREE 2 ND 9 WEEKS REMEMBER TO: Write in complete sentences using paragraph format with a clear beginning, middle, and ending. Be sure to use proper grammar. Give your paper an INTERESTING ATTENTION GRABBING TITLE - Underneath your TITLE write the title of the book you are reading. Make sure that you head your paper correctly with your name and the date in the right hand top corner. Write the number to the prompt in the top left-hand corner of your paper. UNDERLINE in colored pencil your SIMPLE (GREEN) and COMPOUND (YELLOW) sentences in your paper. DIRECTIONS: Pick a prompt for a PLOT that you will create. Be sure it includes the main character from the book, the setting from the book (unless the prompt requires otherwise), and dialogue. FANTASY 1 Suddenly develop super powers. a. You must work together to rescue your school. REALISTIC FICTION 5 Go to school together on Monday. a. A bully comes up and threatens you both. SCIENCE / HISTORICAL FICTION 9 Are in the year 2239 and all technology is living. a. All of the technology has turned against humanity. 2 Meet a strange friend. a. Your new friend has the ability to move objects with his/her mind. 6 At the mall, and there s a strange sound. It s really loud and frightening. a. What is the sound? Will you escape? 10 Are in the midst of an alien invasion. a. One alien landed on your car, and is holding your family hostage. 3 Live the same day over and over again. a. You realize that the day is repeating, and have to figure out how to get out of the cycle. 4 You are a neglected god or goddess who is attempting to gain control of Earth. a. The main character of the book you are reading will join together with you in the hopes of becoming a god or goddess as well. 7 You and the main character are both in love with the same person. 8 You hate the main characters love interest and you have to get them away from that person before something bad happens. 11 Are in the Civil War. a. You find a deserter of the war in your home. 12 Just purchased tickets to ride the Titanic on its the maiden voyage. a. You have not yet boarded the ship.

CHOICE BOARD #2 MONTH FOUR 2 ND 9 WEEKS 2 nd 9 WEEKS SUPPLIES REMEMBER TO: Write in complete sentences using paragraph format with a clear beginning, middle, and ending. Be sure to use proper grammar. Give your paper an INTERESTING ATTENTION GRABBING TITLE - Underneath your TITLE write the title of the book you are reading. Make sure that you head your paper correctly with your name and the date in the right hand top corner. Write the number to the prompt in the top left-hand corner of your paper. UNDERLINE in colored pencil your SIMPLE (GREEN) and COMPOUND (YELLOW) sentences in your paper. DIRECTIONS: Pick a prompt for a plot that you will create PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. Be sure it includes the main character from the book, the setting from the book (unless the prompt requires otherwise), and dialogue. FANTASY 1 Dropped into a world where everything is toxic and you must survive. 1. Arriving in the world 2. Surviving an awful attack by the natives 3. Returning to earth 2 An evil historical figure just arrived in your hometown. 1. You accidentally fall upon / meet up with the figure. 2. He/she drags you into the worst possible scenario. 3. The main character of the book you are reading saves you both by 3 POP! You both land in your favorite television show. 1. Your both happy to be there. 2. You realize all of the people you left behind. 3. You find your way back to your life just in the nick of time before you lose your life permanently. REALISTIC FICTION 4 Riding the bus home from school in terrible weather. 1. A tornado is seen. 2. The tornado hits the bus. 3. You and the main character survive, but one of you is hurt. 5 You are in the cafeteria and the strange kid in your grade level is always getting bullied. 1. Today you have had enough and are going to do something. 2. Something goes wrong. 3. You must rescue both the kid and the character from getting in trouble. 6 You always like the wrong guy/girl. Your best friend the main character in your book always tries to help you through it. 1. He/she asks you out. 2. He/she gets you in trouble. 3. The main character rescues you. SCIENCE / HISTORICAL FICTION 7 It is the distant future. 1. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) was set off and nothing electronic works anymore. 2. You got separated from your family, and you are trying to get to the safe zone. 8 The main character is turned into a zombie. 1. She/he gets infected. 2. She/he turns. 3. She/he is after you. 9 Are in the Civil War. 1. You and the main character are both fighting for equal rights. 2. The enemy captures one of you. 3. The other must rescue the captured.

Ingredients List for Student Evaluation of Narrative Writing: 2 nd 9 WEEKS SUPPLIES BEGINNING (POV) Point of View (C) Introduces Narrator and or Characters (ST) Introduces Setting (OT) Beginning Response is On-Topic NARRATIVE WRITING Grading First Week (Create) = Narrative is out of 18 points 18-14 Ingredients 100 13-9 ingredients 88 8-5 ingredients 75 4-0 ingredients 63 (SQ) Events and Experiences Unfold Naturally and in Sequence MIDDLE (DI) Dialogue (P) Pace is not too Fast or Slow (SDE) Setting Changes are Described (DETS) Details from the Prompt are Used (OT) Middle Response is On-Topic ENDING Grading Second Week (Revised) = Narrative is out of 18 points 18-15 Ingredients 100 14-11 ingredients 88 10-7 ingredients 75 6-0 ingredients 63 (OT) Ending Response is On-Topic (R) Conclusion Reflects on Experiences or Events (DD) Descriptive Details Used Throughout (GFD) GOOD FORMAT FOR DIALOGUE (SL) SENSORY LANGUAGE USED THROUGHOUT (SV) SYNTACTIC VARIETY USED THROUGHOUT (TW) TRANSITION WORDS USED THROUGHOUT (G) GRAMMAR CONTAINS ONLY A FEW MINOR ERRORS THAT DON T INTERFER WITH MEANING R=Retelling OQ=Old Prompt NOQ=No Evidence of Prompt Used