An Alternative Ending

An Alternative Ending: Asking students to create an alternative ending to a book — one that makes sense — pushes them to really demonstrate an understanding of characters and plot. What makes a gripping novel is often that you don’t know what’s going to happen in the end. Asking students to diverge from but build on a writer’s style is very hard — and an exciting challenge for skilled readers.

 

Create an alternate ending for your book. Have you ever read a book and wished the ending turned out differently? This is your chance to create your own ending for the book!

• As an introduction, summarize the original ending of the story.       You may then continue to write your own ending.
• Your alternate ending must be at least 1 full page.
• If you choose to type this, it must be in size 12 font and double- spaced. Include at least one picture to illustrate your alternate ending.

 

Alternate Ending Book Report Rubric

	Excellent    4 pts	Good      3 pts	Fair        2 pts	Poor        1 pt
Organization	The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.	The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.	The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.	Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.
Creativity	The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader’s enjoyment.  The author has really used his/her imagination.	The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader’s enjoyment. The author has used his/her imagination.	The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his/her imagination.	There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.
Solution/Resolution	The solution to the character’s problem is easy to understand, and is logical. There are no loose ends.	The solution to the character’s problem is easy to understand, and is somewhat logical.	The solution to the character’s problem is a little hard to understand.	No solution is attempted or it is impossible to understand.
Conventions   (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar)	a. Few, if any, errors in usage and sentence formation. b. Effective and consistent use of punctuation and capitalization. c. Any spelling errors do not interfere with the reading of the story.	a. Few errors in usage and sentence formation. b. Consistent use of punctuation and capitalization. c. Any spelling errors do not interfere with the reading of the story.	a. Errors in usage and sentence formation. b. Inconsistently uses punctuation and capitalization. c. Spelling errors may interfere with the reading of the story.	a. Many errors in usage and sentence formation. b. Punctuation and capitalization, if present, is used inconsistently or incorrectly. c. Spelling errors interfere with the reading of the story.