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Creative Writing Benchmark Exam Overview and Guidelines

This document outlines the Creative Writing Benchmark Exam conducted by Mr. Way on specified dates. The exam comprises various components, including in-class assignments (40%), the benchmark (20%), and a short story (40%). Evaluation criteria focus on punctuation and formatting of dialogue, scenery description, and writing dialogue. Specific tasks include correcting punctuation errors, vividly describing a scenario, and creating dialogue between characters. Students who finish early are encouraged to work on their short story, which is due at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, or to engage in other productive activities.

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Creative Writing Benchmark Exam Overview and Guidelines

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  1. Benchmark Exam #1 Creative Writing Mr. Way 9-30-13

  2. When is it? • Period 2: Wednesday, 10/2/13 • 10:11 – 12:11 • Period 4: Thursday 10/3/13 • 10:11 – 12:11 • Period 6: Friday 10/4/13 • 10:11 – 12:11

  3. How much will it be worth? • Your grade is calculated like this: • 40% in-class assignments (Do now, group work, characterizations, participation, etc.) • 20% Benchmark (and other future tests) • 40% Short Story (and other future published writing)

  4. What material will it cover? • Topics that will be evaluated explicitly: • Punctuation and formatting of dialogue. • Scenery description • Showing emotion through descriptive details • Writing dialogue • Topics we’ve covered in class that will NOT be explicitly evaluated: • Plot • Voice* • Exposition • Characterization* *Note: these topics will be implicitly included in what is evaluated, but not specifically graded.

  5. Format of the Benchmark • Multiple Choice • Correct the punctuation and formatting of a short passage of dialogue. • Write a short passage vividly describing the scenery in one of four given scenarios. • Write a dialogue between two people in one of four given scenarios.

  6. How will the punctuation be graded? • The dialogue will contain 16 punctuation and formatting errors. You will receive .25 points for each error you correct. • Total of 4 points possible.

  7. How will the scenery passage be graded?

  8. How will the dialogue be graded?

  9. What if you finish early? • If you finish early, I will expect you to be working on your short story, which will be due Sunday, at 5:00 p.m. • If you are finished with your short story, you will re-read and edit it to make sure you meet all of the grading criteria. • If you have finished your story and already edited and proofread it, • Study for another benchmark • Complete assignments for another class • Complete missing assignments for this class • Draw • Read a book

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