January 22, 2010

Good Day Team Brilliant!

Below is the rubric for the fable. I am sure that you will do well. On Monday and Tuesday, respectively, you will turn in the following items: Cornell notes on theme, your personal theme statement based on the given topics, and your fable inside of your original book cover. Remember that you receive two bonus points for typing an assignment!

If you need to contact me for help over the weekend, e-mail is best. For the subject line add the first initial of your first name with your complete last name. Example: A. Franklin-I'M READY! In the body of the e-mail, write your question. Please spell check and proofread for grammatical errors, and remember there is a big difference in writing a "business" e-mail and writing an e-mail to your friends.

Enjoy your weekend. Next week for the writer's workshop we will begin to examine how we can make our writing more mature in style. For the reader's workshop we will continue to look at theme in different genres. Are you ready?

Task: Write an original fable based on one of the following topics: leadership, mankind, service, teamwork, or scholarship.

Each area is worth a total of five points, for a total of 25 points for this assignment.

Theme
Does the fable have a theme?
Is the theme based on one of the five given topics?
Are there clues to the theme throughout the fable?
Characters
Does the fable have at least two main characters?
Are the characters animals?
Fable
Is there a clear plot to the fable?
Is there a clear resolution to the fable?
Does the fable use F.R.I.E.S. effectively?
Does the fable utilize two methods of characterization?
Is the setting appropriate to the fable?
Cover
Does the cover illustrate the theme of the story without giving the theme away?
Is the cover clearly done?
Is the heading (with the word count) on the outside of the back cover?
Is the fable with the word count guidelines? (700 to 1000 words)
Does the cover have all of the elements of a book cover (author, illustrator, etc.)?
Mechanics
Are all words spelled correctly (mature word choice)?
Is the fable typed?
Bonus:
Include ONE flashback for the main character. Refer to your literature book for more information.