Rhapsody in Blue Story

Students chose one character from the Rhapsody in Blue video, and they wrote a narrative. I instructed students to write a variety of sentences (complex or compound) and action words. Here is the rubric.

A	B	C	D
3+ complex sentences	2 complex sentences	1-2 complex sentences	0-1 complex sentence
2+ compound sentences	2 compound sentences	1 compound sentence	0-1 compound sentence
Less than 5 to be verbs	5-7 to be verbs	8-10 to be verbs	10+ to be verbs
5 paragraphs	4 paragraphs	3 paragraphs	1-2 paragraphs

I also reminded students to limit the clauses in each sentences. Students should write no more than two clauses per sentence.