Historical Fiction Final Sophomore English Creative
20pts My piece is about a true person and my details are all found online. It is almost like a biography and less like a fictional piece.
35pts My piece is about a true person but my details are completely fictionalized while still holding true to the time period and the events. The fictional ideas are completely my own.
Story Format
10pts My story has a good beginning and end but it is hard to follow.
23pts My story has a good beginning, middle, and end with obvious climax.
Character s
10pts My story has only 1 well developed character who matches a specific character archetype.
Length
10pts My story is 2-4 pages long double spaced without dialogue or 4-6 pageslong double spaced with dialogue. 10pts My paper is typed and is in Times New Roman 12 pt. font (not bolded). My header is in the top corner on the first page ONLYand my Title is two spacesbelow the header in the middle and is not larger than 20pt Font (but can be a creative font) The text of the paper starts two spacesbelow the title.
23pts My story has only 3 well developed characters that interact with each other and have specific character archetypes. 20pts My story is 4-6 pageslong double spaced without dialogue or 7-9 pageslong double spaced with dialogue. 20pts My paper is typed and is in Times New Roman 12 pt. font (not bolded). My header is in the top corner on the first page ONLYand my Title is directly below the header in the middle and is not larger than 20pt Font (but can be a creative font) The text of the paper starts directly below the title.
Paper Format
Vocabular
15pts
30pts
50pts My piece is about a fictional character that is placed into my researched time period. It is completely my own idea but it is true to the time period and does not stray from the main historical element. 33pts My story has a good beginning, middle, and end with obvious climax, theme, and dĂŠnouement. 33pts My story has several well developed characters that interact with each other and have specific character archetypes. 35pts My story is 7 pageslong double spaced without dialogue or 10 pageslong double spaced with dialogue. 35pts My paper is typed and is in Times New Roman 12 pt. font (not bolded). There is no header becauseall this information is on the cover paper.
50pts
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Works Cited
Grammar, Spelling, Punctuati on, and Dialogue (if included) Rough Draft and Edits
Cover Page
My story includes 16-20 vocabulary words from my vocab list that we have worked on this year. The words are bolded or underlined and used correctly. 5pts My story has a MLA Works Cited page attached to it with a minimum of 1 sources (one of which is my historical fiction book I read for class) 10pts I have no more than 10 errors in my paper (this includes dialogue that is used)
My story includes 20-24 vocabulary words from my vocab list that we have worked on this year. The words are bolded or underlined and used correctly. 10pts My story has a MLA Works Cited page attached to it with a minimum of 2 sources (one of which is my historical fiction book I read for class)
My story includes 25 vocabulary words from my vocab list that we have worked on this year. The words are bolded or underlined and used correctly. 20pts My story has a MLA Works Cited page attached to it with a minimum of 3 sources (one of which is my historical fiction book I read for class)
20pts I have no more than 5 errors in my paper (this includes dialogue that is used)
40pts My paper is free of errors and is perfect.
20pts I have included a rough draft with at least 1 peer edits on it (they must use different writing colors and sign their names at the end) 10pts My paper includes a cover that has the Title, my name, the date, and English 10 or Ms. Johnston on it.
30pts I have included a rough draft with at least 2 peer edits on it (they must use different writing colors and sign their names at the end) 20pts My paper includes a creative and black and white cover that has the Title, my name, the date, and English 10 or Ms. Johnston on it.
40pts I have included a rough draft with at least 3 peer edits on it (they must use different writing colors and sign their names at the end) 30pts My paper includes a creative and colorful cover that has the Title, my name, the date, and English 10 or Ms. Johnston on it.
Work Time
25pts When in the computer lab working, Ms. Jonly has to remind me to keep on task 4x or continue to work becauseI am usually working and the only time I am online is when I am looking up information related to my time period or checking my email/grades twice.
35pts When in the computer lab working, Ms. Jonly has to remind me to keep on task 2x or continue to work becauseI am usually working and the only time I am online is when I am looking up information related to my time period or checking my email/grades once.
50pts When in the computer lab working, Ms. Jnever has to remind me to keep on task or continue to work becauseI am always working and the only time I am online is when I am looking up information related to my time period.
Total: ______________/416pts (10% of grade) Extra Credit : Any bolded AND italics terms used from your book (you must also include your vocab list from your books with your final project so I can double check your usage of the word) for each you use correctly, you get 1pt of extra credit up to 30pts. You cannot reuse words or have one of our vocab words for class count for this category even if the word is also in your book.