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Fiction Narrative

Assessment rubric for Years 3 and 4 narrative writing.

Rubric Code: D659B5

By Sharon51

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Fiction Narrative
	Unacceptable 0 pts	Poor 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Title	Unacceptable There is no title.	Poor The title lacks interest.	Good The title is interesting.	Excellent The title is engaging and makes the reader want to read on.
Punctuation	Unacceptable There are more than 5 punctuation errors.	Poor There are 4 punctuation errors.	Good There are 1 to 3 punctuation errors.	Excellent There are 0 punctuation errors.
Spelling	Unacceptable More than 12 spelling errors.	Poor 6 - 12 spelling errors.	Good 3 - 6 spelling errors.	Excellent Only 1 - 2 spelling errors.
Edit: Paragraphing	Unacceptable The story is written as one long paragraph.	Poor There are only 2 paragraphs present.	Good There are only 3 paragraphs present.	Excellent Paragraphs are present and aligned to Orientation, sequenced events in the Complication and also include a Resolution .
Orientation	Unacceptable Does not include an orientation.	Poor Has a simple orientation with one or two of the following present: who what where when	Good Has a more interesting orientation with two or more of the following present: who what where when	Excellent Has an appealing orientation with all of the following present: who what where when
Complication - Events	Unacceptable There is no complication in the story.	Poor There is a complication in the story that is not well developed.	Good There are 1-2 events in the complication that are showing good development.	Excellent There are at least 2 well sequenced events in the complication that develop the story and expand the plot.
Resolution	Unacceptable There is a resolution present in the story.	Poor There is a resolution to the problem that is not well tied into the narrative.	Good A good resolution is present in the narrative.	Excellent There is a clear conflict at the beginning of the story. There is a clear resolution near the end of the narrative.
Vocabulary	Unacceptable There is usage of low level vocabulary only.	Poor Usage of 1 - 2 higher level words.	Good Usage of more than 2 higher level words. Evidence of adjectives and adverbs.	Excellent Excellent usage of interesting vocabulary with good level of adjectives and adverbs.