Unit 5

What Can We Learn from Realistic Fiction?

Activity

Fiction Story Revision

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Fiction Story: Ask for Feedback

Revising Your Fiction Story


You learned previously that revision involves improving the content, clarity, and interest of your work.


  • Ask for feedback from family and friends.  Have an individual complete the Peer-Edit checklist in Section 2 on your Assignment 4-8 file. Put a check or X to indicate the item was completed in your story.

Open

Open Your File

Open Assignment 5-8:

Open your file Assignment 5-8 and complete Section 2.  Ask a relative or friend to review your essay, complete the checklist.

You previously saved this file in this format: jsmithla6_5-8-story in your Documents folder.

Fiction Story: Review and Revise

Review the feedback from friends or family members.


Analyze your work carefully and decide what to change, add, remove, or rearrange.
Rewrite as necessary.
Complete the final copy. Once your story is complete, give it a title.
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Open

Open Your File

Open your file Assignment 5-8 to rewrite and complete the final copy of your story. You previously saved this file in this format: jsmithla6_5-8-story in your Documents folder.
Websites

Websites

Use the Online Dictionary to check for spelling errors.

Save

How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name Assignment 5-8 in this format: jsmithla6_5-8-story and save your file to your Documents folder.

Summative Assessment

Throughout the unit, you learned and practiced new concepts and presentation formats. Now it’s time to demonstrate or “sum up” your understanding of that information by submitting this assignment for a mark.


  1. Submit your Assignment 5-8 when fully completed to the submission folder for marking.
  2. Click Add Submission to upload your document.