Creative+Writing

Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
 * Grade**: 1st
 * Subject**: ELA
 * Theme**: Creative Writing
 * Objective ** : Students will use  illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers

 Students will begin with a survey helping the teacher to determine what students know about fairy tales using Google Forms. The teacher will use this information to develop creative writing teams. Students and the teacher will participate in choral reading Cinderella. Once the read aloud is complete, the students and teacher will discuss alternative endings to the story. Once shown examples, the students will work with their team to formulate an alternative ending to Cinderella. Students will learn to work together to develop their ending.

Once complete, the student will create a comic strip using Pixton.com. Each student must create at least one frame in the comic strip. Once students have complete the comic, they will create their own podcast using Soundcloud.com. Students will take turns reading the comic frames developed and create a new version of Cinderella's castle using Minecraft. Each group will create a website at Weebly.com

Once complete each group will share their revised endings with the class.

Work Sample:

Google Forms:

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Pixton.com

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Soundcloud.com

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 Minecraft  



 Weebly.com   []     This unit will be assessed using the following rubric:  

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 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Setting || Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place. || Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place. || The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail. || The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place. ||
 * Characters || The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately. || The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like. || The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters. || It is hard to tell who the main characters are. ||
 * Accuracy of Facts || All facts presented in the story are accurate. || Almost all facts presented in the story are accurate. || Most facts presented in the story are accurate (at least 70%). || There are several factual errors in the story. ||
 * Creativity || The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used his imagination. || The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination. || There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination. ||
 * Illustrations || Original illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the page. || Original illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive, and relate to the text on the page. || Original illustrations relate to the text on the page. || Illustrations are not present OR they are not original. ||
 * Focus on Assigned Topic || The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic. || Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. || Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. || No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. ||
 * Organization || The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. || The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. || The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. || Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged. ||
 * Requirements || All of the written requirements (# of pages, # of graphics, type of graphics, etc.) were met. || Almost all (about 90%) the written requirements were met. || Most (about 75%) of the written requirements were met, but several were not. || Many requirements were not met. ||