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Realistic Fiction Story Writing

Students wrote a realistic fiction story using the workshop model.

Rubric Code: Z8C4BA

By kgheim

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Realistic Fiction Story Writing
	Advanced 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Satisfactory 10 pts	Needs Improvement 5 pts
Developed Plot/Problem	Advanced The plot is well-developed and all obstacles that lead up to the problem are relevant. More than one problem connects to character trait and the setting.	Good The plot is somewhat developed and some obstacles that lead up to the problem are present. There is evidence that the problems connect to the character traits or the setting	Satisfactory The plot is not developed and no obstacles leading up to the problem are present.	Needs Improvement There is no plot.
Conclusion/Solution	Advanced The end of the story is creative and presents a good solution to the problem.	Good The end of the story presents an adequate solution to the problem.	Satisfactory The plot has a solution, but it does not resolve the problem in the story.	Needs Improvement The story does not have a solution to the problem.
Characters Traits	Advanced The character traits are portrayed throughout the story in action or behavior.	Good The character traits are described in the beginning or the story as a list and there is some action in the story that supports the decribed trait.	Satisfactory The character traits are described in the beginning or the story as a list.	Needs Improvement The character traits are not portrayed in the story.
Setting	Advanced The story's time and place are described in elaborate detail and the order of each setting makes sense in the story.	Good	Satisfactory The story's settings are described but essential details are missing which help the reader form a picture in their mind of the place and time.	Needs Improvement The story's settings are very vague.
Conventions	Advanced The story contains fewer than 1-3 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.	Good The story contains 4-6 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure	Satisfactory The story contains 7-9 errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.	Needs Improvement The story contains 10 or more errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph structure.
Total
Grade	Advanced	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement