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Short Story Elements

This rubric can be used to help assess a student on their understanding of the fictional story elements.

Rubric Code: G2W5CX5

By jevima2000

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Subject: English

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 6-8

Story Elements Rubric
	Beginning 10 pts	Approaching Expectations 13 pts	Meeting Expectatations 17 pts	Exceeding Expectatations 18 pts
Characters	Beginning Student cannot identify either character by name and cannot give any details about them.	Approaching Expectations Student can only identify one of the characters by name, and can give little or no details about either character.	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify both characters by name and can give 2-4 details about both of them.	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify both characters by name and can give specific details about both of them, and can determine which character is the protagonist and which one is the antagonist
Setting	Beginning Student cannot identify where or when the story takes place.	Approaching Expectations Student is able to identify where and when a story takes place, but cannot give any details about it.	Meeting Expectatations Student is able to identify where and when the story takes place and can give at least 2-4 details of them	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify where and when the story takes place and can give more then 5 different details about them.
Theme	Beginning Student cannot identify any problem in the story.	Approaching Expectations Student can identify one minor problem in the story.	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify more than 1 problem in the story.	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify the major problem in the story.<BR> <BR> BONUS: Student can identify internal or external conflict +2
Plot	Beginning Student can identify and list 2 or less elements of the plot line in a short story.	Approaching Expectations Student can identify and list 3 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.	Meeting Expectatations Student can identify and list 4 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.	Exceeding Expectatations Student can identify and list all 5 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.
Point of View	Beginning Student was not able to identify different points of view in a story. She/he has some difficulty presenting a first person point of view, therfore has difficulty expressing his/her thoughts and feelings.	Approaching Expectations Student has some difficulty in identifing a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view, however has difficulty expressing his/her thoughts and feelings.	Meeting Expectatations Student is able to identify a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view with some clear expressed thoughts and feelings.	Exceeding Expectatations Student is able to identify a point of view in a story. She/he is able to present a first person point of view with clearly expressed thoughts and feelings.
Irony	Beginning Students have a limited understanding of Irony and stuggle with identifying it in a story.	Approaching Expectations Student can only understand 1 type of Irony and are able to give an example of that type. The student can also identify this style of irony in a story.	Meeting Expectatations Student can understand the at least 2 different types of Irony and are able to give an example of each. The student is also able to identify two of the different types of irony in a story.	Exceeding Expectatations Student understand the three different types of Irony and are able to give an example of each. The student is also able to identify the different types of irony in a story.

Keywords:

fiction, story, elements, reading, comprehension

Subjects:

English

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