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2nd Grade Fairytale Writing

2.RL.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges, including identifying the characters' feelings, the plot or problem, and how it is resolved.* 2.RL.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, how the middle progresses the action, and the ending concludes the action.*

Rubric Code: H252BAA

By dmcgahey

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Subject: (General)

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Fairytale
	Proficient 4 pts	Approaching 3 pts	Emerging 2 pts	Developing 1 pts
Characters	Proficient Clearly has identified one to three characters and has described them with adjectives.	Approaching Has introduced one to three characters using minimal description words.	Emerging Has introduced one to two characters without describing them.	Developing Does not clearly introduce a character and describe them with adjectives.
Problem	Proficient Problem was clearly established in the beginning of the story describing the elements that make it a problem.	Approaching Problem was established in the beginning of the story.	Emerging The problem was discussed near the middle or end of the story.	Developing There was no problem in the story for the character(s) to overcome.
Resolution / Concluding Sentence	Proficient There was a resolution to the problem at the end of the story, in the concluding sentence, that the character(s) overcame, using 2-5 describing words.	Approaching There was a resolution to the problem at the end of the story, the concluding sentence, that the character(s) overcame, using 1 describing words.	Emerging There was a resolution to the problem at the end of the story that the character(s) overcame, without using any describing words.	Developing There was not a resolution to the problem at the end of the story in the concluding sentence.
Clear Topic Sentence	Proficient In the topic sentence, the characters, the setting, and the problem were clearly introduced using multiple adjectives to describe them.	Approaching In the topic sentence, two elements were introduced, the characters, the setting, or the problem were introduced using minimal adjectives to describe them.	Emerging In the topic sentences, two of these elements were introduced, the character(s), the setting, or the problem, without using adjectives.	Developing In the topic sentence, one of the these elements were introduced, the character(s), the setting, or the problem, without using adjectives, or there is no topic sentence
Three sentences for the body	Proficient In the paragraph, there are at least three sentences that discuss the problem and how the character(s) are to overcome it, with the use of adjectives.	Approaching In the paragraph, there is two to three sentences that discuss the problem and how the character(s) will overcome it, using minimal adjectives.	Emerging In the paragraph, there is one to two sentence in between the topic and concluding sentence that discusses and describes the events, how the character(s) will overcome the problem.	Developing In the paragraph there is one sentence in between the topic and the concluding sentence.
Use of Conjunctions	Proficient In the paragraph, there is the use of the at least one conjunction: but, so, or because. This conjunction flows with the writing and it used correctly.	Approaching In the paragraph, there is the use of one conjunction: but, so, because. The conjunction, is used in a manner that needs improvement.	Emerging In the paragraph, there is the use of a conjunction: but, so, or because. The conjunction is not used correctly and does not flow in the writing.	Developing In the paragraph, there was no use of one of the conjunctions: but, so, or because.

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