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Science Fiction Short Story Writing A Short Story This rubric is created to asses a short story in the genre of science fiction. The students will show their understanding about the characteristics of a science fiction short story. Rubric Code: JX2955C By lynnlourie Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Writing A Short Story
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Audience Purpose	Excellent Presents details targeted at a unique audience; successfully narrates the events of a story	Good Presents details suited to an audience; narrates the events of a story	Fair Presents few details suited to an audience; some ideas conflict with narration of story	Poor Supports no purpose; is not written for a specific audience
Plot	Excellent Presents events that create a clear narrative	Good Presents sequence of events	Fair Presents a confusing sequence of events	Poor Presents no logical order
Characters	Excellent Successfully goes in-depth with description; clearly covers all aspects of character	Good Goes in-depth with description; covers all aspects of character	Fair Includes some description; covers some aspects of character	Poor Does not go in-depth with description; does not cover all aspects of character
Point of View	Excellent Writes from a consistent point of view	Good Told from a specific point of view	Fair Contains inconsistent points of view	Poor Uses an inconsistent point of view
Dialogue & Elaboration	Excellent Contains details that provide insight to character; contains dialogue that reveals characters and furthers the plot	Good Contains details and dialogue that develop characters	Fair Contains characters and setting; contains some dialogue	Poor Contains few or no details to develop characters or setting; no dialogue provided
Grammar	Excellent There is no errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling	Good There are few errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling	Fair There are some errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling	Poor There are many errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Use of Language	Excellent Uses variant of word choices and tones to reveal story’s setting and character	Good Uses interesting and fresh word choices	Fair Uses cliches and unoriginal expressions	Poor Uses uninspired word choices