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Feature Article

• Purpose: To inform and entertain a broad audience through a human-interest story with a unique angle.

• Audience: Newspaper or magazine readers.

• Planning Worksheet
• Types of Feature Articles Handout
• Lesson Plan and Materials: [Writing a Feature Story About a Classmate]
• JCPS Feature Article Unit
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Artist Statement

• Purpose: To inform a viewer about the artist's intentions, interpretations, and creation process of an original piece of art.

• Audience: Art viewers
  

• Planning Worksheet (by Sharon Loy) 
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Lab Report

• Purpose: To describe in detail the methods, results, and discussion of a specific hypothesis put to the test in a lab setting.

• Audience: Specialized, scientific community

• [LabWrite] Excellent site! Interactive, print-ready, rubrics
• [Checklist] for Biology Lab report
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Poem

• Purpose: To capture a moment, create an image or emotion, entertain, ponder, explore, consider, or describe an event trough figurative language.

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the poem

• Poetry Graphic Organizer
• Lesson Plan and Materials: [Thinking About my Future]
• [Acrostic Poem Generator ]
• [Diamante Poem Generator]
• [Line Break Explorer]
• Library of Congress [Poetry Website]
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Short Story

• Purpose: To explore the human condition by using character and conflict
  

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the short story

• [Literary Elements Map] provides interactive graphic organizers for character, conflict, setting, and resolution.
• [Circle Plot Diagram Planning Tool]
• [Graphic Map] for planning or evaluating plot.
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Monologue

• Purpose: To explore the human condition by using character, conflict, and the elements of theater.

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the monologue

• Monologue Handout
• Planning Sheet
• JCPS Monologue Unit
• Rubric: Checklist Style
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Personal Narrative

• Purpose: To describe an event or experience that happened to the writer and its significance.
  

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the narrative.

• Planning Workheet
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Personal Essay

• Purpose: To discuss a theme or topic that is important to the writer through reflection and supporting details.
  

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the essay.

• Planning Worksheet
• This I Believe Unit (by Dottie Willis) 
• [Models]
  
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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Memoir

• Purpose: To describe a person, place, or item of significance to the writer.
  

• Audience: Broad, changes with the purpose and content of the memoir.

• Planning Worksheet
• Lesson Plan and Materials: [Family Memoir]
• JCPS Memoir Unit
• KY Analytical Scoring Rubric

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