Sweet Story

Writing Prompt
There are some interesting candy bar names. You will be creating a story using the names of at least 5 candy bar names as people, places, things, events, etc. When you are finished with all stages of the writing process, you will publish your final copy in the computer lab using your knowledge of Microsoft Word. You will have to center your title, indent your paragraphs, space words and sentences appropriately, and change the font of the candy bar names. You will be typing your story using the font Times New Roman. Each candy bar name should have a different font. Since you will have 5 different candy bar names, you will have 5 different fonts. Look at the scoring guide to see how you will be assessed.



Sweet Story Scoring Guide
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Candy Element
1 Contains 1-2 candy bar names that do/don’t enhance the story.
2 Contains 3 candy bar names that do/don’t enhance the story.
3 Contains 4 candy bar names that do enhance the story.
4 Contains 5 or more candy bar names that do enhance the story.
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Microsoft Word Elements
1 Missing 3-4 criteria.
2 Missing 2 criteria.
3 Missing 1 criterion.
4 There is a centered title, paragraphs are indented appropriately, spacing is correct, and the font for the candy bar names has been changed.
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Organization of Parts
1 Lacks evidence of a beginning, middle, and end.
2 Has evidence of a beginning, middle, and end.
3 Has a beginning, middle, and end.
4 Has an effective beginning, middle, and end.
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Controlling Idea
1 Difficult to follow and lacks focus.
2 Contains a general sense of direction, but lacks focus.
3 Contains a controlling idea.
4 Contains a clear controlling idea.
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Topic Development
1 Attempts to address the topic, but lacks development.
2 Generally addresses the topic, but contains some details that are not relevant.
3 Addresses the topic and uses relevant details/examples.
4 Clearly addresses the topic and provides specific and relevant details/examples.
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Complete Sentences
1 Includes incomplete sentences that are distracting to the reader.
2 Contains some incomplete sentences that may be distracting to the reader.
3 Generally uses complete sentences.
4 Consistently uses complete sentences.
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Mechanics
1 Contains repeated errors in language conventions that are significantly distracting to the reader.
2 Contains errors in language conventions that are distracting to the reader.
3 May contain some errors in language conventions that are not significantly distracting to the reader.
4 Contains few errors in language conventions.
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Candy Bar Names

Airheads
Almond Joy
Baby Ruth
Bonkers
Big Cherry
Big Daddy
Bonkers
Bottle Caps
Butterfinger
Caramello
Cotton Candy
Crunch
Cry Babies
Dots
Dove
Fifth Avenue
Gobstoppers
Goobers
Good & Fruity
Good & Plenty
Gummi Bears
Hershey
Heath
Jaw Breakers
Jelly Belly
Jolly Rancher
Jujubes
Jujyfruits
Junior Mints
Kit Kat
Krackel
Laffy Taffy
Lemon Heads
Life Savers
Mamba’s
M & Ms
Mars Bar
Mentos
Mike & Ike
Milk Duds
Milky Way
Mounds
Mr. Goodbar
Nerds
Nestle
NutRageous
Oh Henry
Oompas
One Hundred Grand
Pay Day
Pixie Stix
Pop Rocks
Push Pops
Raisenets
Razzles
Red Hots
Reese Pieces
Ring Pops
Rolos
Runts
Shock Tarts
Skittles
Smarties
Snickers
Sno Caps
Sour Patch
Spree
Starburst
Sugar Babies
Swedish Fish
Tart-n-Tiny
Tear Jerkers
Three Musketeers
Tootsie Roll
Twix
Twizzlers
Watchamacalit
Whoopers
Wonka Bar
York Peppermint Pattie