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Story Elements: Character, Setting, Beginning, Middle, & End 
The learner will identify characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end of a story. ELACC1RL7: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events
Rubric Code: DX244C9
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Subject: English  
Type: Reading  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Story Elements
  Emerging

1 pts

Progressing

2 pts

Proficient

3 pts

Advanced

4 pts

Beginning of story

Emerging

Student attempts to
identify how the story began, but is incorrect



Student needs full prompting to illustrate and label pictures about the beginning events of the story
Progressing

Student can give only 1-2 details from the beginning of the story without key details through illustrations and/or simple sentence writing with prompting
Proficient

Student identifies most beginning events and some key details with little or no prompting either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing
Advanced

Student identifies all beginning events and most key details without prompting either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing
Middle of story

Emerging

Student attempts to identify an event/events from the middle of story, but is unable to correctly do so.



Student needs full prompting to illustrate and label pictures about middle
events of the story
Progressing

Student can identify at least 1-2 middle events of story without key details through illustrations and/or simple sentence writing with prompting


Student may correctly identify the problem in the story with prompting
Proficient

Student identifies most middle events, some key details, and the problem in the story with little or no prompting either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing
Advanced

Student identifies all middle events, most key details, the problem in the story, and all events leading up to the solution in the story without prompting either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing
End of story

Emerging

Student attempts to identify an event/events from the end of story, but is unable to do so.




Student needs full prompting to illustrate and label pictures about the ending events of the story.
Developing
Progressing

Student can identify at least 1-2 ending events without key details in the story through illustrations and/or simple sentence writing with prompting



Student may correctly identify the solution in the story with prompting
Proficient

Student identifies most ending events, some key details, and the solution in the story with little or no prompting either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing
Advanced

Student identifies all ending events, most key details and the solution in the story either verbally or through illustrations and/or sentence writing without prompting
Setting

Emerging

Student can name the main setting only when prompted, but fails to provide details about the setting
Progressing

Student can identify the main setting of the story using few details about the setting when prompted
Proficient

Student can provide details of the setting with little or no prompting
Student can identify other settings in the story with little or no prompting
Advanced

Student can identify the setting with multiple details and identify other settings in the story using details without prompting
Character

Emerging

Student can only name one main character from the story, but is unable to give details about the character's traits without prompting
Progressing

Student can name one or more characters from the story using few details when prompted
Proficient

Student can identify the main character(s) and some supporting characters with some details about the characters with little or no prompting
Advanced

The student can identify the main character(s) and the important supporting characters using most important details about the characters without prompting



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  • character, setting, beginning, middle, end, story map

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