"The Birds" Creative Writing Assignment
This story has no definitive ending. Write an ending to the story. Your story should pick up where du Maurier's story left off. What will happen to Nat and his family? Will they survive? What about others around the country? Are there any survivors? Be sure to follow the information from du Maurier's story to make your creative piece as cohesive as possible.
RUBRIC
4 - EXCEEDS STANDARD
Informative and original response demonstrates a high level of understanding.
The response shows evidence of critical thinking by demonstrating insight into character(s).
The reader demonstrates a superior ability to communicate information.
The response indicates that the student has a complete understanding of the writing assignment.
The reader uses information from the text to interpret significant explicit or implicit concepts or makes connections to other situations or contexts logically through analysis, evaluation, inference, or comparison/contrast.
The reader uses relevant and accurate references.
The reader develops thoughtful predictions, interpretations, and/or conclusions about the text with depth and understanding.
The response includes superior connections between the text and the reader’s background knowledge.
3 – ACHIEVES STANDARD
Informative and original response demonstrates understanding.
The response shows evidence of critical thinking by demonstrating insight into character(s).
The response effectively communicates information.
The response indicates that the student has ample understanding of the task’s writing assignment.
The reader uses information from the text to interpret explicit or implicit concepts or makes connections to other situations or contexts logically through analysis, evaluation, inference, or comparison/contrast.
Some of the support and/or examples and requirements of the task may be incomplete or omitted.
The reader develops predictions, interpretations, and/or conclusions about the text.
The response includes connections between the text and the reader’s background knowledge.
2 - NEARLY MEETS STANDARD
The response shows some evidence of critical thinking by demonstrating insight into character(s).
The response shows evidence of critical thinking by demonstrating insight into character(s), but the information is too general or too simplistic.
The response shows effort to communicate; demonstrates an accurate but limited understanding of the text.
The response indicates that the student has partial understanding of the task’s writing assignment.
The reader uses information from the text to interpret partial explicit or implicit concepts or makes connections to other situations or contexts logically through analysis, evaluation, inference, or comparison/contrast.
The response is incomplete, may exhibit many flaws, and may not address all requirements of the task.
The reader uses information from the text to make simplistic interpretations of the text without using significant concepts or by making only limited connections to other situations or contexts.
The response includes some connections between the text and the reader’s background knowledge.
Some of the support and/or examples may be incomplete or omitted.
1 - BELOW STANDARD
The response does not demonstrate understanding.
The response is brief or carelessly completed.
The reader has difficulty communicating information.
The response indicates that the student does not demonstrate an understanding of the task’s writing assignment.
The reader has provided a response that is inaccurate; the response has an insufficient amount of information to determine student understanding of the task.
The reader demonstrates little or no understanding of the text; may be inaccurate; little or no interpretation of the text is evident.
May include information that is off topic.
