French Revolution: Fiction Writing Assignment
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Imagine you are a character from Les Miserables (or a character who could have
been in it.)
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Rewrite a scene from the movie or musical based on the theme or including the
Jeanette Winterson phrase:
What you risk reveals what you value.
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Your story must connect to historical facts of the causes and events of the French
Revolution.
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Meaning: ideas
and information,
use of detail
Style: clarity,
variety, impact of
language
Form:
characters,
dialogue, setting,
sequence
Conventions:
complete
sentences,
spelling,
punctuation,
grammar, word
choice
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supporting details and description
sense of audience
some individuality or originality
language is varied; some sensory detail,
figurative language
variety of sentences
beginning establishes problem
events develop logically to a believable
ending
characters are described
appropriate dialogue
may include errors in complex
language, but these do not interfere
with meaning
most sentences are properly constructed
clearly and neatly presented
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