Day 2 and 3 Student Directions
Part 2 (~50 minutes each day):
You have ~50 minutes on two days to plan, draft, and revise your narrative. You may refer to the sources.
Your Assignment:
Write a historical narrative using what you learned from the sources. Your story may take place during the same time periods or in the same places as the sources, but do not use the same characters, exact settings, or specific situations from the sources. When writing your story, be sure to include strong descriptive details, an identifiable historical setting, and believable characters.
Use this planning guide to make sure you get started quickly and keep your story short enough to finish in one hour.
I. Setting - The time and place should be real since you are writing historical fiction.
II. Main character - Focus your narrative on one main character since you have just an hour to complete it. The character can be real or imaginary, but you should include details that make it seem like the person is really in the time and place you chose for your setting.
III. Plot -
a. Problem
1. What is the problem your character will be trying to solve?
b. Events
1. What is happening as your story beings?
2. How will your story end?
3. What happens to move your story from the beginning to its ending?
How your essay will be scored: The people scoring your essay will be assigning scores for
1. Narrative focus - how well you maintain your focus, and establish a setting, narrator and/or characters, and point of view
2. Organization - how well the events logically flow from beginning to end using effective transitions and how well you stay on topic throughout the essay
3. Elaboration of narrative - how well you elaborate with details, dialogue, and description to advance the story or illustrate the experience
4. Language and Vocabulary - how well you effectively express experiences or events using sensory, concrete, and figurative language that is appropriate for your purpose
5. Conventions - how well you follow the rules of usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
Now begin work on your narrative. Manage your time carefully so that you can:
Source Material - http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
You have ~50 minutes on two days to plan, draft, and revise your narrative. You may refer to the sources.
Your Assignment:
Write a historical narrative using what you learned from the sources. Your story may take place during the same time periods or in the same places as the sources, but do not use the same characters, exact settings, or specific situations from the sources. When writing your story, be sure to include strong descriptive details, an identifiable historical setting, and believable characters.
Use this planning guide to make sure you get started quickly and keep your story short enough to finish in one hour.
I. Setting - The time and place should be real since you are writing historical fiction.
II. Main character - Focus your narrative on one main character since you have just an hour to complete it. The character can be real or imaginary, but you should include details that make it seem like the person is really in the time and place you chose for your setting.
III. Plot -
a. Problem
1. What is the problem your character will be trying to solve?
b. Events
1. What is happening as your story beings?
2. How will your story end?
3. What happens to move your story from the beginning to its ending?
How your essay will be scored: The people scoring your essay will be assigning scores for
1. Narrative focus - how well you maintain your focus, and establish a setting, narrator and/or characters, and point of view
2. Organization - how well the events logically flow from beginning to end using effective transitions and how well you stay on topic throughout the essay
3. Elaboration of narrative - how well you elaborate with details, dialogue, and description to advance the story or illustrate the experience
4. Language and Vocabulary - how well you effectively express experiences or events using sensory, concrete, and figurative language that is appropriate for your purpose
5. Conventions - how well you follow the rules of usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
Now begin work on your narrative. Manage your time carefully so that you can:
- write your narrative in MyAccess using the prompt.
- revise and edit the final draft of your narrative
Source Material - http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
