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Friday, January 30, 2015

Flash Fiction Project Due Tuesday Feb. 3

Publishing instructions:
All final drafts should be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font, and printed.
Please organize your work this way, and staple or clip it when you turn it in. Make sure that your name is on the final draft and all other papers you turn in.
Top: Final Draft
Middle: Drafts from most recent to least recent - please number them., organizers/outlines, peer comments, plot map, free writes, brainstorm.
Bottom: Rubric and Self-Assessment/Reflection (completed)
  1. Please print the final draft of your flash fiction story, plus include all handwritten or typed elements of the writing process (see "middle" above) and turn in at the start of period 3 ELA on Tuesday Feb. 3. This will be graded as a project.
  2. You must also share the final document with Mrs. Marks at shari.marks@wjps.org. Please allow me to "comment" on your document. This will be graded as homework.
  3. In addition, please print the SCORING RUBRIC and complete the self-assessment and reflection sections according to the directions. You must be signed into your WJPS email to access and print this document. This is also due at the start of period 3 ELA on Tuesday, Feb. 3. This will be graded as class work. 
Late projects will lose 5 points for each day late. 
Late shares via Google Drive will lose 5 points for each day late.
Late self-assessments and reflections will lose 5 points for each day late.

This will be your first major grade of Term 2. Please adhere to deadlines and follow task guidelines. Refer to your notes about flash fiction and use what you learned in class and through the writing process to produce your work.

EXTRA CREDIT ALERT: Students who wish to read their stories to the class with receive extra credit. Readings will begin on Tuesday Feb. 3. Students will also be silently reading and commenting on one another's work during a gallery walk. Looking forward to reading and hearing some amazing flash fiction stories!