iRubric: Advanced ESL Creative Writing Grades 3-5 rubric

Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.

The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.

The story is pretty well organised. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.

The story is very well organised. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.

It is hard to tell who the main characters. There is no description of the characters' appearance or personality.

The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters.

The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of the characters' appearance/personality.

The main characters are named and are clearly described in an interesting way. The characters have personalities. Most readers could describe the characters accurately.

No dialogue used.

Some dialogue used. Speech tags are repetitive, dialogue lacks creativity.

Interesting and varied dialogue and speech tags are used. Dialogue is in keeping with the mood of the story.

Dialogue is slightly excessive and distracts from the story.

A wide range of dialogue is used. Dialogue is effective and relevant to the story, but does not distract from it. Spoken words, creative speech tags, actions and thoughts are all present.
Dialogue rules are followed.