A Christmas Tale by YOU

1. A Christmas Tale by YOU Thiswill be theformatassessment of in on at make and do A storyusing in on at make and do

2. Part 1: You will create a story that uses in, on, at, make and do on each page of the story.It needs to have some element of Christmas in the story – real or imaginary – but has to make sense! It could involve reindeer elves Santa Claus elf chimney sleigh the North Pole presents adventure sadness happiness travel snowmen anything that you think is a part of Christmas It can be anywhere and involve any people you want – famous, friends, family, on vacation, before or after Christmas Make your story concise – remember your audience – elementary kids 2. WRITE dark, large enough to read easily, and neat and legible. 3. You will write the story first and I’ll correct any errors before you write it in the book form 4. Be sure you are spelling the words correctly. Check and/or ask.

3. Needs a Title of yourstory TheSnowmanWhoWantedto be Santa • Coverart thatgoeswithyourstory Allpictures can be handdrawnorcutfrom magazines orthe internet. Youhavetoprovidethepictures and bringthemtoclass. YourName and Section Mrs. Carpenter 8.6

4. There was once a snowman in Chile who wanted to be Santa Claus. So Snowy made a plan and did some investigatingat the North Pole. Samplepages Each page has tohave at leastone in on at make and do He found out on which nights Santa went bowling and at which lanes in town so he could be there waiting. He spent all winter in a bad mood, especially in December when he’d see Santa go by in the air on Christmas night in his sleigh at midnight. It made him mad and he needed to do something to get rid of Santa.

5. GradingRubric Presentation neatness, pictures,title page Story Content FollowedDirections Wordsoneach page On time Conventions Grammar, spelling

6. Afterthe break, youwillreadyourstoryto a group of elementarystudents and theywill grade youonthefollowing Inflection/Voice (put enthusiasm, read the story with interest and feeling Volume (the right volume, not too loud or too soft Pace (not too fast or too slow) Pronunciation (said the words correctly) Smooth (the read fluidly, not start/stop, start/stop, don’t know a word, can’t read their writing, etc.) Name _____________ I V P P S Comment: Scale of 1 – 5 1 – needs a lot of work 5 – perfection Give a comment on what they did well and a suggestion for improvement.

7. Grading Rubric Author’s Name: _______________ Quality of the story – Interesting from beginning to end? Had a plot and good characters? Title matched the story? Did you enjoy it? Reading Quality – did the writer- Read well – good pronunciation? Good speed, not too fast or slow? Read with voice? Was it boring and monotone? Did it help you remember the differences between in, on, and at? yes no Why? One comment on what they did well One comment on what they need to work on Grading Rubric Author’s Name: _______________ Quality of the story – Interesting from beginning to end? Had a plot and good characters? Title matched the story? Did you enjoy it? Reading Quality – did the writer- Read well – good pronunciation? Good speed, not too fast or slow? Read with voice? Was it boring and monotone? Did it help you remember the differences between in, on, and at? yes no Why? One comment on what they did well One comment on what they need to work on Grading Rubric Author’s Name: _______________ Quality of the story – Interesting from beginning to end? Had a plot and good characters? Title matched the story? Did you enjoy it? Reading Quality – did the writer- Read well – good pronunciation? Good speed, not too fast or slow? Read with voice? Was it boring and monotone? Did it help you remember the differences between in, on, and at? yes no Why? One comment on what they did well One comment on what they need to work on Grading Rubric Author’s Name: _______________ Quality of the story – Interesting from beginning to end? Had a plot and good characters? Title matched the story? Did you enjoy it? Reading Quality – did the writer- Read well – good pronunciation? Good speed, not too fast or slow? Read with voice? Was it boring and monotone? Did it help you remember the differences between in, on, and at? yes no Why? One comment on what they did well One comment on what they need to work on