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Competition submission guidelines:
Follow these general guides when submitting the short story:
- Each registered competitor can submit 1 draft for editing no later than May 30 2019
- Final date for submission - 31/5/2019
- The story must be written in correct English
- Maximum number of words - 400
- The short story must be original and not translated from Hebrew
- Single space - use WORD doc.
- Send the story as email attachment
- Use a standard font, like Courier, Times New Roman or Arial
- Be sure your name and contact info is at the top of the story
- Avoid using smart quotes (the curly quote marks). You can turn off the function in Word.
- Avoid if possible. bold, italics and other formatting
Marking Rubric:
Reut School of the
Arts, Haifa.
Short Story
Competition 2019 Howard Burns
Student________________________________ Class_________
Grade
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Mark
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To achieve this grade, you will….
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A
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18- 20
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- Demonstrate
originality, imagination, skill and flair in the execution of the short
story
- Demonstrate
highly developed control of language
- Demonstrate highly
developed understanding of all story elements around a controlling idea
to reveal a thought provoking theme
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B
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15- 17
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- Demonstrate an
original and imaginative response that is coherent
- Demonstrate
substantial and effective control of language
- Demonstrate a
substantial understanding of all story elements around a controlling
idea to reveal a thought provoking theme
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C
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10- 14
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- Demonstrate a
coherent response with sound elements of creativity
- Demonstrate
adequate and appropriate control of language
- Demonstrate an
adequate understanding all story elements around a controlling idea to
reveal a thought provoking theme
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D
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6- 9
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- Demonstrate a
response with limited aspects of creativity
- Demonstrate a
basic response with limited control of language
- Demonstrate a
basic understanding of all story elements around a controlling idea to
reveal a thought provoking theme
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E
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1- 5
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- Demonstrate a
response that may be creative
- Demonstrate a
response with minimal control of language
- Demonstrate a
minimal understanding of all story elements around a controlling idea to
reveal a thought provoking theme
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Comments -
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