Spooky Stories in 5th Grade

Students were given back their spooky story rough drafts today in class.  Along with my notes on their writing, I also gave them a Suspenseful Narrative Rubric (see below) that I will be using to grade their final papers.  We went through each section of the rubric and talked about what changes they may need to make to their papers to get all the points possible.  We also focused on foreshadowing, what it means and how to add it to our writing.

Students have the next few days to revise and edit their drafts before they have to turn in their final papers on Friday, October 19th.