iRubric: Writing: There's An Ogre-Beast. Monday, April 29th rubric

The story is rushed and probably seems incomplete. The individual personalities of characters are not adequately defined. The story lacks description and has many gaps. The dialogue (or conversations) between characters provides little information or detail about the characters or events in the story.

The story is adequately interesting. Individual personalities of characters are adequately defined, but some more description is necessary. The plot of the story has gaps. The dialogue (or conversations) between characters does not tell us much about the characters, or their situation.

The story idea is fairly entertaining. The individual personalities of characters are defined. Dialogue (or conversations) between characters helps advance the plot of the story in an interesting way.

The story idea is very entertaining. The individual personalities of characters are well-defined. Dialogue (or conversations) between characters advances the plot of the story in a very interesting way.

The choice of words is limited, and lacks description.

The choice of words is somewhat boring and repetitive.

The choice of words is fairly wide and fairly descriptive.

The choice of words is wide, advanced, and very descriptive.

The illustration is not done or incomplete. There are several or many blank spaces on the page. The illustration and/or title appears rushed.

The illustration or illustrations have some detail. The title of the story appears on the illustration. There are some blank spaces. The illustration and/or title may appear rushed in places.

The illustration or illustrations are detailed. The title of the story is included. There are very few "blank" spaces on the page.

The illustration or illustrations are rich in detail. Three characters are on the illustration, and the illustration includes lots of detail in the background and foreground. The title is included in a creative way. There are virtually no "blank" spaces.