Short Story requirements/dates

SHORT STORY DUE DATES AND REQUIREMENTS 2009

The rubric (the expectations on which your story will be evaluated) is printed on the back of this sheet. Refer to this often.

The steps you will follow are:
• Brainstorming plot, setting and character ideas
• Writing a rough draft
• Writing a final draft, including the cover and other requirements

Your final story should be a minimum of 5 pages in length. If you can do it on the computer, it should be in a common font such as Times, Helvetica, Arial or Geneva (size 12) and be spaced 1.5 spaces.

The final story will include all of the following:
* a beautifully designed cover.
*a title page after the cover with the title, author, and date
*a dedication page
*2 blank passages for comments
*a back cover
OPTIONAL
*illustrations

DUE DATES
6th grade
1. Plot and character work sheet is due Thursday, March 5th.
Be sure to bring all of your work to every language arts class. We will spend most of each class on the short stories.
2. The first half of your story is due this Thursday, March 12th. I will go over as many as possible in class on Thursday and have them all back by Tuesday, March 17th.
3. The second half will be due Thursday, March 19.
4. The final story including cover etc. is due on Thursday, April 2nd.


7th grade
1. Plot and character worksheet is due Friday, March 6th. I will give them back to you with comments by Monday, March 9th.
Be sure to bring all of your work to every language arts class. We will spend most of each class on the short stories.
2. The first half of your story is due Friday, March 13th.
3. The second half is due the next Thursday, March 19th (no class on Friday). I will give them back by Wed., March 25th.
4. The final short story including cover etc. is due on Thursday, April 2nd.