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Roberto Clemente lived a life of many successful accomplishments not only in baseball but in life in general. For example, he was the first Latin American baseball player to record 3,000 hits. Roberto Clemente was also named Most Valuable Player of the 1971 World Series. However, due to his plane abruptly crashing off the coast of Puerto Rico he did not have the chances to share his life's accomplishments with many of his peers.
 * ATTENTION 4th GRADERS!**

All of you I'm sure have achieved many goals of yours that you have set, and you should be very proud of for accomplishing them. We all have things in life we are proud of and look back on with high value. We all like to share our stories of our successful journies we have had with others.

Your task is write a brief story telling about an accomplishment you have achieved in your life. This can be anywhere from the baseball team you were on winning a championship, to you getting straight A's in school one year. As you write this story, below are some things you should include in your story:


 * 1) What is the thing you achieved?
 * 2) Why are you proud of this accomplishment?
 * 3) How did you feel after this was accomplished?
 * 4) When did this accomplishment take place in your life time?
 * 5) Did anyone support you as you reached this accomplishment?
 * 6) What did you do after this thing was achieved?
 * 7) Was there ever a time when you thought you were not going to be able to accomplish this?

You are also going to include a memorablia or picture of something depicting your accomplishment. This can be something such as a medal, an award, or a picture of something happening. You are also permitted to draw a colorful picture of either your item or a scene from your accomplishment.

As a class each of us will share our special accomplishment with our other classmates!

Have fun with this and be proud of what you have accomplished!

__**RUBRIC**__
 * || ** Story Writing : **** An Accomplished Goal **

Student Name: _ ||  ||


 * CATEGORY || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** Title ** || Title is creative, sparks interest and is related to the story and topic. || Title is related to the story and topic. || Title is present, but does not appear to be related to the story and topic. || No title. ||
 * ** Focus on Assigned Topic ** || The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic. || Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. || Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. || No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. ||
 * ** Writing Process ** || Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful. || Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done. || Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by. || Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn\'t seem to care. ||
 * ** Spelling and Punctuation ** || There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout. || There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft. || There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft. || The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors. ||
 * ** Illustrations ** || Original illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative. || Original illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive. || Original illustrations relate to the text on the page. || Illustrations are not present. ||

This assignment is worth a total of: 20 points