Part 1
You will watch an informational video on Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and read two articles about how they lived and how they treated their people. You will take notes on all of these sources. In your story pretend you are an Egyptian Pharaoh that just woke up to start a new day. Write about what happens next. When writing your story, find ways to use information and details from the sources to improve your story. Make sure you develop your character(s), the setting, and the plot, using details, dialogue, and description where appropriate.
Steps you will be following:
In order to plan and compose your story, you will do all of the following:
1. Watch the video and then read two articles.
3. Plan and write your essay.
Directions for beginning:
You will now watch one video and read two articles. Take notes because you may want to refer to your notes while writing your story. You can look back at any of the sources as often as you like while you are taking notes. You will need to use your notes and sources to write your final story.
Steps you will be following:
In order to plan and compose your story, you will do all of the following:
1. Watch the video and then read two articles.
3. Plan and write your essay.
Directions for beginning:
You will now watch one video and read two articles. Take notes because you may want to refer to your notes while writing your story. You can look back at any of the sources as often as you like while you are taking notes. You will need to use your notes and sources to write your final story.
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Part 2
You will have time to review your notes and sources, plan, draft, and revise your story. While you may use your notes and refer to the sources, you must work on your own. You may also refer to the notes you wrote. In your story pretend you are an Egyptian Pharaoh that just woke up to start a new day. Write about what happens next.
Narrative Story Scoring:
Your story will be scored using the following:
1. Organization/purpose: How effective was your plot, and did you maintain a logical sequence of events from beginning to end? How well did you establish and develop a setting, narrative, characters, and point of view? How well did you use a variety of transitions? How effective was your opening and closing for your audience and purpose?
2. Development/elaboration: How well did you develop your story using description, details, dialogue? How well did you use relevant details or information from the sources in your story?
3. Conventions: How well did you follow the rules of grammar usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling?
Now begin work on your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can:
• plan your story
• write your story
• revise and edit for a final draft
Narrative Story Scoring:
Your story will be scored using the following:
1. Organization/purpose: How effective was your plot, and did you maintain a logical sequence of events from beginning to end? How well did you establish and develop a setting, narrative, characters, and point of view? How well did you use a variety of transitions? How effective was your opening and closing for your audience and purpose?
2. Development/elaboration: How well did you develop your story using description, details, dialogue? How well did you use relevant details or information from the sources in your story?
3. Conventions: How well did you follow the rules of grammar usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling?
Now begin work on your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can:
• plan your story
• write your story
• revise and edit for a final draft