iRubric: Narrative Retelling Rubric

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Narrative Retelling Rubric

Student is able to retell events of a story in sequence and in detail. Student can name and describe the main character of the story.

Rubric Code: FA259C

By judyhale

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Retelling Rubric
	Not Effective 1 pts	Emerging with Adult Cues 2 pts	Emerging 3 pts	Mastered Skill 4 pts
Main Character	Not Effective Unable to tell the main character.	Emerging with Adult Cues Able to tell the main character of the story, or identify when given verbal choices, but did not offer details about characters.	Emerging Able to recall and use character's names in the re-telling. Did not offer more information about characters	Mastered Skill able to tell the main character of the story and able to provide details so that others can understand the story.
Retell in Sequence	Not Effective Unable to retell the story and needed many redirects and prompts to continue the story. Sequence of events is not followed.	Emerging with Adult Cues Able to retell the story, but sequence of events is confused. Details of the story may be missing.	Emerging Able to retell the story in sequence with picture cues.	Mastered Skill Able to re-tell the story in sequence with or without picture cues.
Descriptiveness/Setting	Not Effective Provided little or no detail when retelling the story and left out many important events.	Emerging with Adult Cues Provided a few details, but left out some important events. May or may not have mentioned setting.	Emerging Provided major details when retelling the story and left out no important events.	Mastered Skill Many details provided when re-telling story and no major events lefts out. Listener able to picture the setting, also
Outcome/Ending	Not Effective Did not give conclusion or just said "The End"	Emerging with Adult Cues Partial conclusion or ending may just "drift off"	Emerging Conclusion given, but might not give emotional information	Mastered Skill Provided clear conclusion of story, including character's emotions at end of story
Transition words	Not Effective Did not use transition words	Emerging with Adult Cues Limited use of transition words, such as "first, next, then, last, finally, before, after"	Emerging Used 2-3 transition words, such as "first, next, then, last, finally, before, after" during narrative	Mastered Skill Effective use of transition words when telling the narrative