Drafting: A Testing Disaster (Narrative)

Aim:
IWBAT draft a creative narrative about a disaster that occurs during standardized testing at school.

Tasks:
1. Do Now: While you watch the Flocabulary music video, "The Five Things," define the five things (or elements of a story).

2. Prewrite:

• In the Writing Portfolio of your Google Drive, open A Testing Disaster.
• Update the heading on your document.
• Scroll down to the second page of the document.
• Using your classwork/homework from yesterday, describe the five things (elements of a story) that will be in your creative narrative. 

3. Draft:

• In the same Google document ("A Testing Disaster"), scroll up to the first page. 
• Delete the instructions text and begin drafting your creative narrative in this space.
• Make sure to meet these guidelines when drafting:
• plot includes standardized testing and some sort of disruption/disaster/major conflict
• include 1-3 major characters
• include dialogue (characters directly speaking to one another)
• You will continue drafting your narrative during class on Monday. Your draft will be due Tuesday morning (for Monday night's homework).

4. Submit your Draft to Mr. T using this form

• While in your Google document, click Share in the upper-right corner of the window.
• In the dialogue box, click Change under Who Has Access.
• Then, click Anyone with a link.
• Next to Access: Anyone (no sign-in required), select Can comment from the drop-down list.
• Click Save.
• The web address for your essay should already be highlighted (under Link to share). Press CTRL + C to copy the web address.
• Click Done.
• Open this form.
• Type in your first and last name and select your homeroom.
• Then, paste your the web address to your essay by pressing CTRL + V.
• Click Submit.
• Make sure you see the confirmation page with a note from Mr. T.

Homework: Free Write