1. Creative Writing 1
February 13

2. BELL, 2/13
If you did not click PUBLISH on each individual page/chapter or your Poetry Unit, please go back and do so now. Otherwise I do not have access to your poems and cannot score them. (Psst, if you missed your deadline here’s your chance to sneak your work in!)
Read quietly
If you like you may begin working on your book.

3. NEW AND IMPROVED Reminders:
Friday – party at 2:00 – bring snacks and drinks if you like.
Monday – no school

4. 12 February: Today, you will…
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience by writing a picture book and including illustrations.

5. Writing & Illustrating a Picture Book
Use the APP Book Creator in order to write a picture book.
Your book should be pages in length, not counting the title page.
It should include illustrations, colorful and neat, on each page.
Pay special attention to your content --- picture books use words that count! They get the biggest bang for their bucks!!! Your language should be picturesque – imaginative – original – fresh!
Your story should have a ‘lesson’ learned.
Your story should have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

6. There are no Convention errors anywhere in the work.
Conventions
There are no Convention errors anywhere in the work.
Some errors exist but they do not hinder the understanding of the text.
Errors hinder the understanding of the text.
Language
Language is imaginative and fresh. It easily conveys mood and meaning to the reader.
Language is original and fresh at times.
Language is dull and lacks any imagination.
Use of Literary Devices
Three different literary devices are used in the work.
Two different literary devices are used in the work.
One or no literary devices are used in the work.
Plot Development
All five areas of the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) are present and are clearly developed.
One of the five areas of the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) is not present and/or is not clearly developed.
Two or more of the five areas of the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) are not present and/or are not clearly developed.
The Illustrations’ Support of the Plot
The illustrations help present the plot throughout all areas in the work.
The illustrations help present the plot in a majority of areas throughout the work.
The illustrations help present the plot in only a minority of areas throughout the work.
Length
Story book is pages excluding the title page.
Story book is fewer than 10 pages.