Write a story of your own - 1S1P Report Writing Guidelines

Your story may be fact or fiction.  Fictional stories may include mystery, science fiction, Buddhist Monks, romance, politics, history, just about anything.  The story must fit onto one side of one page and must be double spaced.  There must be a connection of some kind with material or a topic (topics) covered in this course.  Factual stories should recount a close encounter of some kind with unusual or severe weather, an observation of interesting or unusual atmospheric or weather phenomena, or something of that nature.

Stories will be graded using the following criteria:
You will receive 3 pts for choosing this topic
Connection (how strong of a connection is there between your story and course material): 1, 2, or 3 pts
Creativity (how interesting, imaginative, or creative is your story): 1, 2, or 3 pts
Writing quality and/or choice of appropriate writing style: 1, 2, or 3 pts

For factual stories the creativity category might be replaced with an Observation/Understanding category (how detailed or complete were your observations or understanding of what you saw or experienced).

You can earn additional credit by including something of an artistic nature (I'm purposely being vague about the amount of extra credit you can earn).  This can be something you do yourself (drawing, illustration, painting, photograph) or something you find online (in this case you should include a citation).  The work of art can either complement your story or illustrate material or a topic covered in the course.  The artwork can be on a separate page (or separate media), it does not need to fit onto the one side of one page allotted to your written story.