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Creative writing Stories/Narrative

Students are assessed on their creation of a fictional story. Components included are the beginning, characters, setting, and conventions.

Rubric Code: LX238C2

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Not Yet 1 pts
Orientation	Excellent The story has a creative, well-developed beginning that captures the reader's interest.	Good The story has a beginning that may capture the reader's interest.	Fair The story has a beginning, but it does not capture the reader's attention.	Not Yet The beginning of the story is vague and uncreative.
Characters	Excellent The characters in the story are described well and make sense in the story. They are like a "real" person. There is an excellent sense of the character's personality.	Good The characters in the story are described adequately and make sense most of the time. There is a good sense of the character's personality.	Fair The characters in the story are not described very well and sometimes don't make sense. There is some sense of the character's personality.	Not Yet The characters in the story are described poorly. There is little sense of the character's personality.
Setting	Excellent The story's time and place are described creatively and completely and are important to the story.	Good The story's time and place are described completely and are important to the story.	Fair Either the story's time or place are described and are somewhat important to the story.	Not Yet The story's time and place are not described or are very vague and not important to the story.
Conventions	Excellent The story contains fewer than 3 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.	Good The story contains 4-8 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.	Fair The story contains 9-10 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.	Not Yet The story contains many errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.
Clarity and Consistency	Excellent The writing flows and moves the narrative on with each sentence and paragraph. Story progresses logically in place and time. Excellent use of time connectives.	Good The writing is mostly clear and moves the story along consistently. Good use of time connectives.	Fair The writing sometimes is clear and consistent. The story line is sometimes confusing. Some use of time connectives	Not Yet The writing shows little flow, clarity or consistency. The story is confusing and hard to follow. Little or no use of time connectives.
Language	Excellent Widespread, appropriate and creative use of descriptive language: adjectives, adverbs. Use of similes and metaphors add to the story telling.	Good Appropriate use of descriptive language: adjectives, adverbs. Some attempt at similes and metaphor.	Fair Little use of adjectives or adverbs.	Not Yet No use of descriptive language.

Keywords:

story; creative; writing

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English

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