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Vocabulary Story (Word-O)

Students will write a short story using their vocabulary words and draw a picture to accompany their story (using a visual depiction of their vocabulary words).

Rubric Code: NX44CC5

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: K-5

Vocabulary Writing Rubric to determine effective writing skills for writing a short story using vocabulary words.
	Unacceptable 1 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Meets Standard 3 pts	Exemplary 4 pts
Capitalization & Punctuation Uses correct capitalization and punctuation skills.	Unacceptable Does not use correct capitalization and punctuation skills.	Needs Improvement Uses some capitalization and punctuation.	Meets Standard Uses correct capitalization and punctuation most of the time.	Exemplary Uses correct capitalization and punctuation all of the time.
Usage of Appropriate Vocabulary Story contains the usage of the vocabulary words.	Unacceptable There are less than 50% of the required vocabulary words used in the story.	Needs Improvement There are only 70% of the vocabulary words used in the story.	Meets Standard There are only 80% of the vocabulary words used in the story.	Exemplary All of the vocabulary words were used in the story.
Paragraph Parameters Minimum of 2 paragraphs with at least five sentences each.	Unacceptable There is only one paragraph consisting of 5 sentences or less.	Needs Improvement There is one paragraph with more than six sentences or two or more paragraphs with one or two sentences each.	Meets Standard There are two paragraphs with three sentences each.	Exemplary There are two or more paragraphs with five or more sentences.
Spelling High frequency words are spelled correctly	Unacceptable Multiple spelling errors make the story impossible to understand.	Needs Improvement There are multiple spelling errors, however the story is still understood with some difficulty.	Meets Standard There are few spelling errors however they do not interfere with the ability to understand the story.	Exemplary There are no spelling errors.
Plot or Problem/Solution The story will contain a plot or problem and solution.	Unacceptable Story development does not exist and does not follow sequence.	Needs Improvement Story development needs to be improved or revised. There are pieces missing.	Meets Standard Story development follows story sequence but some components could be better developed for the reader to follow.	Exemplary Story contains exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. The story is easy to follow.
Title and Glossary The story must contain a title	Unacceptable The story has no title. The glossary has two or more of the following: definitions are difficult to understand, words are misspelled, some words are missing.	Needs Improvement The story has a title that is unoriginal or is not related to the story. The glossary has most of the definitions and/or words are misspelled or difficult to understand.	Meets Standard The story has a title that is original and is related to the story. The glossary contains words and correction definitions. All words are spelled correctly and the definition is in child friendly language.	Exemplary
Setting The story should contain a detailed setting describing where and when the story took place.	Unacceptable Student attempts to provide setting, but in unable to provide even one correct component.	Needs Improvement Student provides 1 element of the setting. (where or when)	Meets Standard Student provides multiple details and description of the setting, where and when.	Exemplary Student provides multiple details and description of the setting that is interesting and shows how the setting is important to the plot, or what happens in the story.
Character Description Characters should be described in detail.	Unacceptable Student fails to use descriptive details to develop the character. Characters lack depth.	Needs Improvement Character development needs improvement, but the reader gets a sense of the character and who s/he is.	Meets Standard Student uses some descriptive details to develop the character. Characters are somewhat interesting and have some depth.	Exemplary The main character is thoroughly developed through direct and indirect characterization such as speech, actions, description, etc.

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