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iRubric: Where the Red Fern Grows - Billy Returns rubric

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Where the Red Fern Grows - Billy Returns Billy Colman is now a grown man living in the city. For the first time since he left the farm, he is returning to the Ozarks and visiting the site of Old Dan and Little Ann's graves. You are to write a narrative describing Billy's return. The narrative can be written in first person from the perspective of Billy or from an outside narrator's perspective. Rubric Code: PXCW35B By mheckathorn Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Billy Returns
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Presentation/Turned In	Poor Did not present the writing to the class or failed to turn the writing in.	Fair Presented to the class but did not turn in the paper.	Good Turned in the paper, but failed to present it to the class.	Excellent Presented their paper and turned it in on time.
Show Not Tell	Poor Vague details.	Fair Began to paint me a picture, but many details were left out.	Good Picture is more clear, but still lacking a few details.	Excellent Clear picture!
Descriptive Language	Poor Very vague language	Fair Used a lot of the same language throughout the writing. Lacked variation.	Good Some repetition in phrases or words, but more descriptive.	Excellent Great use of descriptive language within the writing.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation	Poor 6+ errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation.	Fair 4-5 errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation	Good 2-3 errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation	Excellent Paper is grammatically correct, great spelling and great punctuation.
Organization	Poor No clear organization of the paper. Details are scattered.	Fair Details are scattered around, and makes the paper hard to follow.	Good Details are a little more organized, but still a few in the wrong places.	Excellent The paper is organized well and in great sequential order.
Story Aspects	Poor No story aspects included.	Fair 3 of the story aspects are mentioned.	Good 4 of the story aspects are mentioned.	Excellent All of the story aspects were touched on.