iRubric: Peer Review- Short Story rubric

This story seems familiar. In fact, you think you may have watched the movie or read the book.

Some elements of the story seem very familiar. If the elements are recognizable from a movie or book, check this column.

This is very obviously an original, fictional story.

Elements of Plot are missing. Murky exposition; incomplete rising action, boring climax, no falling action, and a nonsensical or irrelevant resolution- or none at all.

Three out of five elements of plot are clearly evident in this piece. List the two that aren't so the writer can fix them.

All of the elements of plot are clearly visible in this story and correctly used.

The story is poorly organized and does not flow well. It is hard to follow the development of the writer's ideas.

The story is generally well organized, but some places need refinement. It is generally easy to follow the development of the writer's ideas.

The story flows very well and needs little reorganization. It is very easy to follow the development of the writer's ideas.

11 or more grammar, usage, or mechanics errors. There are numerous capitalization errors or punctuation errors.

6-10 grammar, usage, or mechanics errors. Correct capitalization and punctuation are used.

0-5 grammar, usage, or mechanics errors. Words are always or nearly always properly capitalized. Correct punctuation is always or nearly always used.