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Creating a Short Story/Story Picture Creating a Short Story/Story Picture This rubric is created to asses in writing a short story project. The students will show their understanding about the characteristics of short story and they will choose the topic of their own short story freely. Rubric Code: CX7WXC4 By kimalston Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Writing A Short Story
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 17 pts	Fair 15 pts	Poor 10 pts
Machanics Check your work for errors!	Excellent No spelling. punctuation, grammatical errors. Story is 2-3 pages long.	Good 1-5 spelling. punctuation, grammatical errors. Story is 2-3 pages long.	Fair 5-10 spelling. punctuation, grammatical errors. Story is less than 2 pages long.	Poor More than 10 spelling. punctuation, grammatical errors. Story is less than 2 pages long.
Characters There needs to be a protagonist, antagonist and at least one minor character.	Excellent Successfully goes in-depth with description; clearly covers all aspects of character. Has 3 or more clearly defined characters.	Good Goes in-depth with description; covers all aspects of character Has 3 or more somewhat defined characters.	Fair Includes some description; covers some aspects of character Has less than 3 clearly defined characters	Poor Does not go in-depth with description; does not cover all aspects of character Characters are confusing and difficult to follow.
Point of View Who is telling the story?	Excellent Writes from a consistent point of view. Narrator tells the story in a coherent, concise manner.	Good Told from a specific point of view. Narrator tells the story in a somewhat coherent, concise manner.	Fair Contains inconsistent points of view narrator changes throughout the story.	Poor Uses an inconsistent point of view
Plot exposition, rising action, climax. falling action, resolution are all defined.	Excellent Presents events that create a clear narrative. Follows the plot diagram with all components.	Good Presents sequence of events somewhat follows the plot diagram with some components.	Fair Presents a confusing sequence of events missing some information from the plot diagram.	Poor Presents no logical order, done not follow the plot diagram.
Setting Details about when and where the story takes place.	Excellent Successfully incorporates when and where components and it continues throughout the story.	Good There is a when and where component but not very defined in the story.	Fair There is a when and where component but not very defined in the story and is hard to follow.	Poor No truly defined setting in the story. Difficult to determine the when and where.