TTHHEE TTEELLLL--TTAALLEE HHEEAARRTTASSIGNMENT SHEET

(30 points)

1. Choose one of the following options for your response to The Tell-Tale Heart.

2. Remember to go online athttp://www.poemuseum.org/selected_works/tell_tale_heart.html to review thestory if you need to.

3. You will be asked to share your written response to the story with the class on_______________.

a. Option 1: Use the COMIC CREATOR athttp://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ to create a comic stripwith at least six blocks that summarizes a portion of the story The Tell-Tale Heart.

b. Option 2: Use the ACROSTIC POEMS online tool athttp://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ to create an acrosticpoem that summarizes the events of the story. You can use the term“Tell-Tale Heart” or “Narrator” as the basis for your poem.

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

(FROM 6 + 1 TRAIT® WRITING MODEL)

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IdeasThe poem orcomic stripaccuratelyreflects events inthe story.

The poem orcomic stripmostly reflectsevents in thestory.

The writer mayhave added onedetail that didnot occur.

The poem orcomic stripreflects someevents in thestory.

The writer mayhave added twoor more detailsthat did notoccur.

The poem orcomic strip iscomplete, butdoes not reflectthe events of thestory.

ConventionsThere are nospelling,punctuation, orgrammar errors.

There are lessthan fivespelling,punctuation, orgrammar errors.

There are morethan six spelling,punctuation, orgrammar errors.

Numerousspelling,grammar, orpunctuationerrors make thewriting hard toread.

Word ChoiceWords arecarefully chosento reflect eventsin the story.

Most words arecarefully chosento reflect eventsin the story.

A couple ofwords arecarefully chosento reflect thestory, but manyof the wordsused are notdescriptive.

Words are notcarefully choseand they do notreflect the eventspresented in thestory.

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