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OUTSIDE OF BOOK

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Points

Spine:

Title, Authors last name on spine (RIGHT SIDE UP) Text spelled correctly Text is neat and legible Front Cover: Illustration: Relevant to story Colorful Neat (drawn, photos or computer images) Substantial (large, fills a good portion of the front cover) Little white space (if any, feels purposeful and adds to overall effect) Title: Hand-drawn or computer created Letters are neat and clearly legible Color complements rest of cover Includes Written and Illustrated by: Your Name Back Cover: Picture included (unless you/student was absent) At least 3 original reviews Text spelled correctly Correct, consistent punctuation Back cover colored and filled in Little white space (if any, feels purposeful and adds to overall effect) INSIDE OF BOOK STORY (structure, tone, compelling to read!) Appropriate topic and treatment for a first grade audience (written in a manner understandable to a first grader) Includes details from interview Clear setting and theme Clear motivation for characters Main characters are described (at least 3 characters) Clear protagonist Clear conflict driving the action Clear resolution Conventions: Spelling Punctuation (commas, periods, and apostrophes in particular) No fragments/run-ons Dialogue format is correct Indents each time there is a new speaker Commas inside quotation marks Generally uses words other than said to identify speaker and tone Mistakes that Mrs. Kidd pointed out were all fixed Other: ______________________________

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INSIDE OF BOOK (CONTINUED) SUPPLEMENTAL PAGES: Letter to Student: Date is correct Addressed to student (first name), (comma) Spelling and Punctuation are correct (commas, capitalization especially) Name is signed in cursive Title Page: Title is capitalized properly Dedicated to student (spelled correctly, first and last name) Correct date of publication About the Author: Uses format provided Fits on page Capitalization correct and consistent Spelling correct Picture included Located on inside back cover Story Words: At least 5 words that a first grader might not know Words are spelled correctly Correct part of speech is given Definition is accurate and understandable for a 1st grader Page number is listed Capitalization is consistent, spelling is correct Story Parts: Setting, Character Description, Problem, and Solution Coloring Page: Labeled as the coloring page Hand-drawn Outlined in pen Neatly drawn Relevant to story ILLUSTRATIONS: In colored pencil and do not bleed through (Sharpie is not used) OR created through photos or computer (credit given if needed) Setting/action of illustration matches setting/action of corresponding text Neatly done LAYOUT: Pages numbered All story pages (1-24) filled with text and illustrations (i.e. NO BLANK PAGES) Layout of text and corresponding illustrations shows good sense of design TURNED BOOK IN ON TIME? (-5 POINTS/DAY LATE)

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FINAL GRADE

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PROCESS UPLOAD: All pages uploaded to VoiceThread, including front and back covers Neat and clean appearance READING OF STORY: Entire story is read to audience Story is read with inflection and appropriate enthusiasm FINAL SLIDES INCLUDE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: Identify three types of figurative language used (and give examples of them from the story) THEME: State and explain one theme that you used in the story

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REFLECTION: What did you learn while writing this book (at least three things)? What advice do you have for future authors (at least two things)? ADDITIONALLY PEER COMMENTS Appropriate comments made on at least three other VoiceThreads: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ (names listed here) LINK SHARED VoiceThread link was shared for use on QVSD website

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