Assignment: FINAL WRITING PROJECT Beginner ELL-A 2024

2024 BEGINNER ELL-A (Evangelista)
2024-11-13T16:23:28Z

Due: Nov 22, 2024 by 2:03pm

Personal Narrative Summative Assessment for Beginner ELL-A

This trimester, we have read several true stories with clear themes:

“Speed” about the waiter turned hero, Ramya

“The Man in the Blue Car” about Mrs. Thompson, who judged the man too quickly

“Hot Soup” about Yuri, who learned not to fight with his wife about small things

“Ruby’s Wish” about Ruby, who learned not to give up on her dreams even if it was difficult to achieve them

“Proudest Blue” about a young girl who learns to ignore bullying and be proud of her religious faith, with her older sister serving as her example

Your final project is to write your own true story with clear literary elements, including a clear theme. Your main character can be you, a family member, or a friend, but the story must be true and it must be written in English.Your writing will be graded on the following:

Personal Narrative Writing Rubric (9th Grade)

Criteria | 4 - Exceeding Standards | 3 - Meeting Standards | 2 - Approaching Standards | 1 - Below Standards
Narrative Structure | Demonstrates a complex, well-organized narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Smooth transitions between events. | Presents a clear narrative structure with logical progression of events. | Narrative has some structural issues with inconsistent flow. | Narrative lacks clear organization and coherence.
Theme Development | Explores a profound, nuanced personal theme with deep insight and reflection. | Clearly communicates a meaningful personal theme. | Theme is present but somewhat vague or underdeveloped. | Theme is unclear or missing entirely.
Personal Voice | Exhibits a unique, authentic, and compelling personal voice that engages the reader. | Maintains a clear and consistent personal voice. | Personal voice is inconsistent or unclear. | No discernible personal voice.
Written Conventions | Demonstrates advanced command of spelling, punctuation, and grammar with no errors. | Follows standard writing conventions with minimal errors. | Contains several grammatical or spelling errors. | Numerous significant errors in writing conventions.
Past tense | All verbs describing past actions are in the past tense. Writing shows mastery of irregular and regular past tense verbs. | 90% of verbs needing to be in the past tense are in the past tense. There may be some errors in irregular past tense verbs or the spelling of regular past tense verbs. | Inconsistent use of the past tense of verbs or noticeable errors in forming regular and irregular past tense verbs that distract from the smoothness of the writing. | No attempt to use past tense verbs.

Scoring Guide:

Total Points: 20

18-20 points: A (Exceeding Standards)

16-18 points: B (Meeting Standards)

14-16 points: C (Approaching Standards)

12-14 points: D (Far Below Standards, teacher recommends repeating the assignment)

Below 12 points: F (Failed assignment)

Your writing must be typed as a Google doc and submitted on Canvas by November 22 at 2:03 pm.

On November 25 (first period) and November 26 (fourth period), you will read your story aloud to the class.

Personal Narrative Summative Assessment for Beginner ELL-A

This trimester, we have read several true stories with clear themes:

“Speed” about the waiter turned hero, Ramya

“The Man in the Blue Car” about Mrs. Thompson, who judged the man too quickly

“Hot Soup” about Yuri, who learned not to fight with his wife about small things

“Ruby’s Wish” about Ruby, who learned not to give up on her dreams even if it was difficult to achieve them

“Proudest Blue” about a young girl who learns to ignore bullying and be proud of her religious faith, with her older sister serving as her example

Your final project is to write your own true story with clear literary elements, including a clear theme. Your main character can be you, a family member, or a friend, but the story must be true and it must be written in English.Your writing will be graded on the following:

Personal Narrative Writing Rubric (9th Grade)

Criteria | 4 - Exceeding Standards | 3 - Meeting Standards | 2 - Approaching Standards | 1 - Below Standards
Narrative Structure | Demonstrates a complex, well-organized narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Smooth transitions between events. | Presents a clear narrative structure with logical progression of events. | Narrative has some structural issues with inconsistent flow. | Narrative lacks clear organization and coherence.
Theme Development | Explores a profound, nuanced personal theme with deep insight and reflection. | Clearly communicates a meaningful personal theme. | Theme is present but somewhat vague or underdeveloped. | Theme is unclear or missing entirely.
Personal Voice | Exhibits a unique, authentic, and compelling personal voice that engages the reader. | Maintains a clear and consistent personal voice. | Personal voice is inconsistent or unclear. | No discernible personal voice.
Written Conventions | Demonstrates advanced command of spelling, punctuation, and grammar with no errors. | Follows standard writing conventions with minimal errors. | Contains several grammatical or spelling errors. | Numerous significant errors in writing conventions.
Past tense | All verbs describing past actions are in the past tense. Writing shows mastery of irregular and regular past tense verbs. | 90% of verbs needing to be in the past tense are in the past tense. There may be some errors in irregular past tense verbs or the spelling of regular past tense verbs. | Inconsistent use of the past tense of verbs or noticeable errors in forming regular and irregular past tense verbs that distract from the smoothness of the writing. | No attempt to use past tense verbs.

Scoring Guide:

Total Points: 20

18-20 points: A (Exceeding Standards)

16-18 points: B (Meeting Standards)

14-16 points: C (Approaching Standards)

12-14 points: D (Far Below Standards, teacher recommends repeating the assignment)

Below 12 points: F (Failed assignment)

Your writing must be typed as a Google doc and submitted on Canvas by November 22 at 2:03 pm.

On November 25 (first period) and November 26 (fourth period), you will read your story aloud to the class.