Title: Writer's Workshop Forum
Course: BC - English 5 - XT - 1.0.0.0 > Section: Unit 1: Course Introduction and Creative Writing

If you typed your short story, copy the text of your story, even if you are not finished writing it yet. Create a new forum post, and paste your short story there.

If you have hand-written your rough copy, have a parent help you take a picture and upload it to the forum.

Your job is to encourage one of your classmates with “three stars and a wish” about their unfinished short story.

Your three stars should be encouraging comments about your classmate’s story. Here are some suggested sentence starters for your stars:

- My favourite part of the story is …
- I think your _______ character is good because …
- My favourite image in the story is …
- You did a great job with …
- Your setting is clear because …
- When I was reading your story I felt … because …

For your wish you need to be careful, because criticism of someone else’s story can hurt. You need to give feedback that will be helpful without hurting your classmate’s feelings. Here are some poor examples of wishes:

- Why don’t you learn to spell already?
- Your character stinks.
- I hated your story, so you should start over.

If you write a comment that is like one of these, your post will be deleted, so be kind. Here are some suggested sentence starters for your wishes:

- I wanted to learn more about ...
- I was confused by …
- Have you thought about adding …
- What would your story be like if you …
- A little mistake I saw was ....
- I think your story would be even better if …

This forum is a chance for you to connect with your classmates and help each other in your creative writing.

Forum Rubric

 | Not Complete | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Forum Participation | Not complete | I did not create my own post, and I did not read or respond to my classmates’ posts. | I wrote my own post but did not read or respond to my classmates’ posts. | I wrote my own post and I read my classmates’ posts, but I didn’t respond to their posts. | I wrote my own post, and I read and responded to my classmates’ posts.