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Writing Realistic Fiction

While studying the elements of realistic fiction, students write a realistic fiction story that demonstrates their understanding of the stages of plot, characteristics of a story. and the writing process. 5.W.3 Write narrative to develop imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear sequence of events.

Rubric Code: DX59C27

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Writing a Realistic Narrative
	Exceeds standard Exceeds standards 4 pts	Meets standard Meets standards 3 pts	Progressing Approaching the standard 2 pts	Not met Fails to meet standards 1 pts
Focus	Exceeds standard Fully establishes a situation and characters; the story line is realistic	Meets standard Establishes situation and characters; some events are not realistic.	Progressing Does not fully establish situation and characters; it is unlikely the events could happen	Not met Doesn't establish a situation or characters; events are not realistic at all
Plot	Exceeds standard The story is developed around the plot and stays on central focus of story	Meets standard Some events are not related to the plot or story focus	Progressing There is evidence of a plot but the focus in not clear	Not met Plot is unclear. Story fails to center around a central focus.
Conventions	Exceeds standard All capitalization, spelling and punctuation is correct.	Meets standard There are 1 - 3 mistakes in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.	Progressing There are 4-5 mistakes in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.	Not met There are more than 5 mistakes in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Oranization	Exceeds standard Creates and organizes a sequence of events with a clear beginning, middle, and end	Meets standard Sequence of events is mostly logical and easy to follow.	Progressing Key events are missing or out of order.	Not met Events are disorganized or arranged in an confusing way.
Dialogue and transition phrases	Exceeds standard The story includes a sufficient amount of dialogue that is correctly written and easily read. Dialogue is correctly punctuated. Transition phrases add to the story sequence.	Meets standard The story includes dialogue - Most dialogue is correctly punctuated and easy to read.( 1 -2 mistakes) Transition phrases are mostly used to meaningfully add to the sequence.	Progressing The story does not include a sufficient amount of dialogue that is correctly written and easily read. Dialogue is not correctly punctuated.( 3 -4 mistakes) Transition phrases are misplaced or misused.	Not met The story does not include dialogue or transition phrases.
Sensory Details	Exceeds standard Student uses descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Meets standard Student uses some descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Progressing Student uses few descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Not met Student fails to use descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.
Evidence of Prewriting	Exceeds standard Student demonstrates significant evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Meets standard Student demonstrates some evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Progressing Student demonstrates little evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Not met Student demonstrates no evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.

Keywords:

Realistic Fiction

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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