iRubric: Real or imagined? Narrative Storytelling rubric

Beginning was not strong, characters and setting lack ability to support story, Actions and feelings do not support reader's understanding.

I included a beginning that included a partial explanation of characters and setting.
Story has an order that is unclear.
Actions and feelings are not written with clarity.

I wrote a beginning in which I helped readers know who the characters were and what the setting was in my story.
I told my story in order using phrases such as a little later and after that. I chose the action, talk, or feeling that would make a good ending and worked to write it well.

I wrote a beginning in which I helped readers know who the characters were and what the setting was in my
story using vivid details. I told my story in order using phrases such as a in the meantime or not a moment too soon. I chose the action, talk, or feeling that would make a solid ending and worked to
write it so that my audience feels satisfied.

Punctuation, dialogue, spelling patterns, and ideas expressed contain so many errors that take away from the reader's understanding of the story that it is difficult to follow what the writer is trying to write.

Punctuation, dialogue, spelling patterns, and ideas expressed contain several errors that take away from the reader's understanding of the story.

Punctuation, dialogue, spelling patterns, and ideas expressed contain a few errors, but they do not take away from the reader's understanding of the story.

I used what I knew about
spelling patterns to help
me spell and edit.
I punctuated dialogue
correctly, with commas and quotation marks.
While writing, I put
punctuation at the end of
every sentence.
I wrote in a way that
helped readers read with expression, reading some parts quickly, some slowly,
some parts in one sort of voice, and others in another
voice.