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Creative Writing 
Rubric Code: P4BX5B
By russwarwick
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Emerging

1 pts

Partially Proficient

2 pts

Proficient

3 pts

Advanced

(N/A)

Organization&Structure

Focusing on an event or process during revision
Emerging

Even with help, the student is unsure of what details are needed and unneeded in his/her writing.
Partially Proficient

With help, the student can revise his or her work to eliminate unneeded details and add needed ones.
Proficient

The student can independently add/remove unneeded details.
Advanced

The student can create a plan that enables him/her to select needed/unneeded details and/or can precisely select details to create an effect.
Organization&structure

Applying components of formal structures
Emerging

Even with help, the student has trouble identifying different formal structures
Partially Proficient

The student can identify different formal structures but struggles in identifying which structure would work best for a certain kind of writing purpose.
Proficient

The student can select a formal structure of writing that best fits their purpose independently.
Advanced

The student can manipulate (change) aspects of a formal structure in order to create a certain effect (mood).
Ideas & Content

Selecting details that create mood, tone or imagery that support the purpose
Emerging

The student is unfamiliar with words like mood, tone and imagery and can't select details to affect these terms without a lot of help.
Partially Proficient

The student is able to identify/define terms like mood, tone, imagery but cannot use details to create these things in writing.
Proficient

The student is able to use specific details in order to create mood, tone, imagery, etc.
Advanced

The student is able to use use imagery and details in order to create shifts in mood and tone.
Ideas and Content

Articulating a step-by-step process
Emerging

The student has difficulty creating sequence (in order) in his/her writing and cannot explain a process without a lot of help.
Partially Proficient

The student can create sequences (in order) and can explain a process but leaves out important details.
Proficient

The student is able to explain, in order, a process.
Advanced

The student can show how the outcome of a process can change when one of the steps is changed.
Ideas and Content

Establishing relationships between events and consequences
Emerging

The student is unable to differentiate (tell the difference between) between cause and effect in his/her writing.
Partially Proficient

The student can differentiate between cause and effect, but struggles to describe this well in his/her writing.
Proficient

The student is able to describe cause and effect in his her writing with accuracy.
Advanced

The student can state how changes causes can lead to different effects in his/her writing.
Word Choice & Voice

Using appropriate language when writing for specific purposes
Emerging

The student does not know the difference between approrpiate and inappropriate language in his/her writing.
Partially Proficient

The student is able to tell the difference between appropriate and inappropriate language in his/her writing, but struggles to use the right words in the right settings.
Proficient

The student is able to use appropriate language depending on the purpose of his/her writing.
Advanced

The student is able to bend the rules, slightly, and use words that would not normally be used in a style of writing to create an effect.
Sentence Fluency

Using natural transition phrases that clearly show how ideas connect
Emerging

The student has trouble idenitifying or using transition phrases.
Partially Proficient

The student uses transitional phrases but they tend to be very simple (e.g. first, second, third, finally)
Proficient

The student can use transition phrases that clearly shows how ideas connect
Advanced

The student is able to use transitional phrases that enhance mood, tone, theme.
Speaking and Listening

Responding appropriately to contribution of others
Emerging

The student doesn't contribute anything positive to group work.
Partially Proficient

The student can, most of the time, contribute to a group work, despite disagreements, positively.
Proficient

The students can appropriately respond to the contributions of others, even if there is disagreement.
Advanced

The student can expertly use constructive criticism to settle differences in ideas about a subject in group work.




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