Name ________
DUE: Thursday, December 16,
2004
ORGANIZATION and IDEAS
_____ The sequel contains all of the story
elements: setting, characters,
problem/goal, events and
resolution. 5
points
_____ Within the first two paragraphs the
realistic setting is given (time
and place). It must be 1 to
1and ½ years later. 5
points
_____ Marty and
_____ There are no new characters. However, Grandma
Preston, the
new warden, Judd’s dogs, Mr.
Wallace may be more active in this
story. 5 points
_____ The problem/goal
is realistic and true to what could possibly
happen with Marty and
_____ The problem/goal
is evident by the first half of the story. 5 points
_____ The events
are realistic. 20
points
_____ The events
are in logical order. 10
points
_____ The events
are linked together with no gaps. 10 points
_____ By the end of the story, the reader knows that
the problem/goal
came to a resolution. 10 points
_____ The resolution
is realistic. 15 points
VOICE
_____ The story should be told in Marty’s
voice. This means it has all “I”
statements. 5 points
_____ The story should be true to Marty’s voice. Marty
talks and thinks
in a realistic way that
carries on from
_____ Marty acts in a realistic way that carries
on from
_____ Likewise, all the other characters should
talk, think and act in a
realistic way that carries
on from
_____
The hill country dialect is used—as best as
can be. (delete a letter,
delete
the subject, grammar). 10 points
_____
There is at least one simile in the story. 5 points
_____ The
simile is original and not trite (trite =overused…..Ex. As
colorful as a rainbow.) 5 points
CONVENTIONS
_____ Spelling is correct.
·
5
points for 0 errors ; 4 points for 1-3 errors; 3 points for 4-6 errors; 2points
for 7-9 errors; 1 point for 10-12 errors; o points for 12+ errors
_______ Capitalization is correct
(sentence beginnings, proper
nouns, titles of movies and books, nationalities, races,
religions,
pronoun I, days of week, months, holidays, first word of quote, words referring
to
God)
·
5
points for 0 errors; 4 points for 1-2 errors; 3 points for 3-4 errors; 2 points
for 5-6 errors; 1 point for 7-8 errors; 0 points for 8+ errors.
_______ Punctuation is correct
Correct
end marks
Correct
use of quotation marks with dialogue
Correct
use of punctuation within dialogue
·
5
points for 0 errors: 4 points for 1-3 errors; 3 points for 4-6 errors; 2 points
for 7-9 errors; 1 point for 10-12 errors; 0 points for 12+ errors.
_____ Sentences are complete, except in case of
dialogue and hill country
dialect.
·
5
points for 0 errors; 4 points for 1-3 errors; 3 points for 4-6 errors; 2 points
for 7-9 errors; 1 point for 10-12 errors; 0 points for 12+ errors.
EXTRA
_____ The student proceeded with the project in an
efficient way. (The
student
used time effectively in the computer lab; on task for the majority of the time)
8 points
_______
_____ Title is centered. 1 point
_____ The project is turned in on time. 3 points
_____ The Shiloh Project Rubric is attached to the
project. 2
points
_____________
TOTAL ( ______ OUT OF 200 POINTS)