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iRubric: 7th Grade Scary Short Story rubric

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7th Grade Scary Short Story 8th Grade Short Story Rubric Code: U24CC5 By steve7699 Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Short Story
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Organization	Poor Very unorganized. Large section (beg, mid, end) missing.	Fair Needs work. Transitions are weak. One section flawed or incomplete.	Good Solid job. Most transitions smooth. Could be stronger at places.	Excellent Excellent job. Great organization throughout. Solid beg, mid, & end.
Short Story Characteristics	Poor Poorly done. Plot confusing or incomplete. No/few scares in story.	Fair Needs improvement. Plot flawed, etc. Few scary moments.	Good Solid job. Plot, setting, OR characters could be stronger/scarier.	Excellent Excellent job. Plot, setting, etc all done effectively. Scary story.
Story Dialogue	Poor No dialogue between characters is present in the story.	Fair Needs work. Little dialogue present OR large % not needed.	Good Most dialogue important, realistic, & well done. Could be stronger.	Excellent All dialogue realistic. Effective characterization & vital to the plot. Great.
Word Choice	Poor Poorly done. Common words used exclusively throughout story.	Fair Needs work. Most words are common & too many words repeated.	Good Solid job. Strong word choice. Could be better in places.	Excellent Excellent word choice. Common words used rarely. Few repeating words.
Show vs. Tell Writing	Poor Very little, if any, SHOW writing. Entirely TELL, no solid description.	Fair Larger % of TELL instead of SHOW. Much more detail needed in story.	Good Sold job. Larger % of SHOW. Could be stronger in places.	Excellent Excellent job. Story full of SHOW writing. VERY little TELL writing.
Intangibles	Poor No name/heading on rough or final draft. Paper in poor condition.	Fair Name present, w/ no heading. Final draft in pencil. Paper torn, etc.	Good Paper or handwriting could be neater. Typed story not double spaced.	Excellent Excellent job in all intangible areas.
Conventions	Poor Poorly done, disrupts reading. Large # of mistakes throughout.	Fair Needs work. Errors causes reader to pause, disrupts flow.	Good Well done. Limited mistakes; reading is smooth.	Excellent Little/no convention errors. Impressively done.