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Short Story Elements

This rubric can be used to help assess a student on their understanding of the fictional story elements.

Rubric Code: D2W5CX8

By jevima2000

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Story Elements Rubric
	Exceeding Expectatations 20 pts	Meeting Expectatations 15 pts	Approaching Expectations 10 pts	Beginning 5 pts
Setting atmosphere/mood	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify where and when the story takes place and can give more then 5 different details about them. Student is able to show and describe the atmosphere and mood in the story.	Meeting Expectatations Student is able to identify where and when the story takes place and can give at least 2-4 details of them. Student is able to show and describe either the atmosphere and mood in the story.	Approaching Expectations Student is able to identify where and when a story takes place, but cannot give any details about it. Student is able to show and describe the atmosphere and mood in the story somehow.	Beginning Student cannot identify where or when the story takes place. Student is not able to show and describe the atmosphere and mood in the story.
Characters round, static, dynamic, flat or stereotype.	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify both characters by name and can give specific details about both of them, and can determine which character is the protagonist and which one is the antagonist.	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify both characters by name and can give 2-4 details about both of them. Classify some characters in round, static, dynamic, flat or stereotype.	Approaching Expectations Student can only identify one of the characters by name, and can give little or no details about either character. Able to classify characters in round, static, dynamic, flat or stereotype somehow.	Beginning Student cannot identify either character by name and cannot give any details about them. Did not classify characters in round, static, dynamic, flat or stereotype.
Plot	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify and list all 5 of the elements of the plot line in a short story. Exposition, Raising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify and list 4 of the elements of the plot line in a short story. Exposition, Raising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution	Approaching Expectations Student can identify and list 3 of the elements of the plot line in a short story. Exposition, Raising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution	Beginning Student can identify and list 2 or less elements of the plot line in a short story. Exposition, Raising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
Point of View	Exceeding Expectatations Student is able to identify a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view with clearly expressed thoughts and feelings.	Meeting Expectatations Student is able to identify a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view with some clear expressed thoughts and feelings.	Approaching Expectations Student has some difficulty in identifing a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view, however has difficulty expressing his/her thoughts and feelings.	Beginning Student was not able to identify different points of view in a story. She/he has some difficulty presenting a first person point of view, therfore has difficulty expressing his/her thoughts and feelings.
Theme	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify the major problem in the story. Student identified and explained internal or external conflict and classify which conflict is presented in the story.	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify more than 1 problem in the story.Student identified and explained some internal or external conflict and classify which conflict is presented in the story.	Approaching Expectations Student can identify one minor problem in the story.Student identified and explained internal or external conflict and classify which conflict is presented in the story somehow.	Beginning Student cannot identify any problem in the story.Student did not identify neither explain internal or external conflict or classified which conflict is presented in the story.
Irony/Tone Tone-joyful, serious, humorous, sad, threatening, formal, informal, pessimistic, and optimistic.	Exceeding Expectatations Student understand the three different types of Irony(verbal, situational and dramatic) and are able to give an example of each. The student is also able to identify types of tone of the story.	Meeting Expectatations Student can understand the at least 2 different types of Irony and are able to give an example of each. The student identified some type of tone in a story.	Approaching Expectations Student can only understand 1 type of Irony and are able to give an example of that type. The student can also identify this style of irony in a story.The student identified types of tone in a story somehow.	Beginning Students have a limited understanding of Irony and struggle with identifying it in a story.The student could not identified types of tone in a story.

Keywords:

fiction, story, elements, reading, comprehension

Subjects:

English

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