creative writing final assignment

Final Assessment Outline

Competency Name: Introduction to Creative Writing

Competency Statement: An introduction to the basic principles and practices of writing stories, poems, and essays

Final Assessment Title: Final Writer’s Portfolio

Program Learning Outcomes: PLOs Assessed in this course include:

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General Education Learning Outcomes (GLO’s

GLO 2D: Students will be able to produce a tangible expression of creativity.

Competency Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Describe the Writing and Workshop Process and the role of Iterative Feedback in the craft of writing
Differentiate between language that is showing and sensory from language that is telling and explanatory
Construct form poems that demonstrate poetic meter, phonetic impact, and imagery
Create a short story that includes the five key components of narrative: characterization, plot, conflict, tension/pacing, and resolution
Apply the five components of narrative to the construction of a creative nonfiction piece (either a memoir, a blog serial, or an observational essay)
Execute evidence-based revisionary decisions when iterating new drafts of form and free verse poems, short story, and nonfiction piece
Describe craft-based evidence behind revisionary choices in a reflective artist’s (or writer’s) statement
Compile a scope-of-development portfolio that shows each iterative stage of each major piece for the course from conception to final revision

Filetype: .DOC, .DOCX, Google Doc

Purpose of the Assessment

This competency will show you how employ the writing process to create a collection of your own work. Throughout the competency, you will have a chance to explore strategies, write, receive feedback and revise—and this Final Portfolio will be the final collected works, which have gone through substantial revision, and submitted with your reflections on your writing process.

Submission Artifacts:

A Google Doc, highlighting your Revision Process
A video-based Gallery Stroll

Submission 1: Your Revision Process

In the final milestone in the course, you will revisit one of your creative pieces, the poem, the short story, or the creative nonfiction piece, and make ten significant and substantial revisions to that piece of writing. Using Microsoft Word comment boxes or comment boxes in Google Docs, indicate the following: where in the creative piece you made the change, what the change was (how did the original read and what did you change it to), and why you chose to make the change. Time and space away from a piece of writing might lead to productive changes, or discussions in your personal, professional, or social life might impact a word you used in a poem or a piece of dialogue you crafted for a short story. Even binging a show can inspire us to make pivotal changes to our original approach to something. A word someone says, a look, a hand gesture, these can all be things that set us down creative paths we did not originally intend to travel.

How to use comment boxes in Word:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-delete-or-change-a-comment-5cb1af25-4dfe-4484-9713-2c80391ecf12

How to use comment boxes in a Google Doc:

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/65129?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Submission 2: Gallery Stroll

In a narrated PowerPoint or video that uses Kaltura, Zoom (or another favorite recording platform), take your readers through a gallery stroll of your work, showing the revised creative piece and talking us through the changes you made by addressing the ideas you noted above regarding your revision process: where, why, and what? While reflecting on your revisions, speak to the role your “ideal reader” played in the process of constructing your work in the course. Who was your “ideal reader”? Did that person change at any point during the course? What type of constructive and useful feedback did you receive from the person and how did you use it in the current assignment and in your previous ones?

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Check Before Submission:

Before submitting, double-check, have you have met the criteria noted below. Did you….

Is your Google Doc/Word shared that that I can view it?
Is your video URL viewable?

Submit your Work

Your completed final assessment documents should be submitted through the Final Assessment link of your competency.
Please note, that you can upload multiple files to the Final Assignment link.
Make sure the files are converted to a doc or docx. (you can share Google Doc and MS OneDrive documents from the “Choose Existing Activities” button)
To upload a file, click “Upload File” and choose the file(s) from your desktop:

creative writing final assignment 1

Final Assessment Rubric

Criterion	Exemplary- 4	Proficient- 3	Developing- 2	Emerging- 1
Poetry Collection	Submission contains substantially revised poem, demonstrating substantial growth in meter, phonetics, and imagery.	Submission contains substantially revised poem, demonstrating growth in meter, phonetics, and imagery.	Submission contains little evidence of revision.	Submission may be missing, or there may be little or no evidence of revisions.
Short Story	Submission contains substantially revised story, demonstrating sophisticated growth in narrative form development, including clearer characterization, motivation, cause-and-effect transition, conflict, and resolution.	Submission contains substantially revised story, demonstrating growth in narrative form development, including clearer characterization, motivation, cause-and-effect transition, conflict, and resolution.	Submission contains little evidence of revision.	Submission may be missing, or there may be little or no evidence of revisions.
Nonfiction Piece	Submission contains substantially revised nonfiction work with evidence of sophisticated growth in nonfiction narrative form development, including lyric essay and prose poetry elements, as well as a strong narrative.	Submission contains substantially revised nonfiction work with demonstrated growth in nonfiction narrative form development, including lyric essay and prose poetry elements, as well as a strong narrative.	Submission contains little evidence of revision.	Submission may be missing, or there may be little or no evidence of revisions.
Overall Writing Mechanics	The written components of the assessment are logical, well- written, and the required length. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are completely error-free	All written components of the assessment are logical, well- written, and the required length. There may be one or two minor errors in spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation throughout the entire portfolio.	The written components of one or more pieces may lack organizational structure. There are errors in spelling and grammar, which detract from the readability through one or more submission.	The written components of the assessment lack clarity and may be confusing, too long, or too short. Numerous errors in spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation

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