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Story Writing Rubric for Heroes

This rubric is for assessing student story writing and contains categories for evaluating various elements of the writing. It evaluates the writing process, plot development, creativity, conflict, character development, and spelling/punctuation. For each category, it provides descriptors to describe student work at a 4 (excellent), 3 (good), 2 (satisfactory), and 1 (needs improvement) level. The highest level indicates devotion of time and effort to writing, well-organized ideas, use of imagination, clear problems, well-described characters, and no errors. The lowest level indicates little effort, disorganized ideas, lack of imagination, unclear problems, undefined characters, and many errors.

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Story Writing Rubric for Heroes

This rubric is for assessing student story writing and contains categories for evaluating various elements of the writing. It evaluates the writing process, plot development, creativity, conflict, character development, and spelling/punctuation. For each category, it provides descriptors to describe student work at a 4 (excellent), 3 (good), 2 (satisfactory), and 1 (needs improvement) level. The highest level indicates devotion of time and effort to writing, well-organized ideas, use of imagination, clear problems, well-described characters, and no errors. The lowest level indicates little effort, disorganized ideas, lack of imagination, unclear problems, undefined characters, and many errors.

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Story Writing : Hero Prose Story

Teacher Name: Mrs. Marsh

Student Name: ________________________________________


CATEGORY
Writing Process

4
Student devotes a lot of
time and effort to the
writing process
(prewriting, drafting,
reviewing, and editing).
Works hard to make the
story wonderful.

3
Student devotes sufficient
time and effort to the
writing process
(prewriting, drafting,
reviewing, and editing).
Works and gets the job
done.

2
Student devotes some
time and effort to the
writing process but was
not very thorough. Does
enough to get by.

Plot Development

The story is very well


organized. One idea or
scene follows another in a
logical sequence with
clear transitions.
The story contains many
creative details and/or
descriptions that
contribute to the reader's
enjoyment. The author has
really used his/her
imagination.

The story is pretty well


organized. One idea or
scene may seem out of
place. Clear transitions are
used.
The story contains a few
creative details and/or
descriptions that
contribute to the reader's
enjoyment. The author has
used his/her imagination.

The story is a little hard to Ideas and scenes seem to


follow. The transitions are be randomly arranged.
sometimes not clear.

The story contains a few


creative details and/or
descriptions, but they
distract from the story.
The author has tried to use
his/her imagination.

There is little evidence of


creativity in the story. The
author does not seem to
have used much
imagination.

Conflict

It is very easy for the


reader to understand the
problem the main
characters face.

It is fairly easy for the


reader to understand the
problem the main
characters face.

It is fairly easy for the


reader to understand the
problem the main
characters face but it is
not clear why it is a
problem.

It is not clear what


problem the main
characters face.

Character
Development

The main characters are


named and clearly
described. Most readers
know a lot about who the
main character is.

The main characters are


named and described.
Most readers would have
some idea of who the
main character is.

The main characters are


It is hard to tell who the
named. The reader knows main characters are.
very little about the
characters.

Spelling and
Punctuation

There are no spelling or


punctuation errors in the
final draft.

There are 1-2 spelling or


punctuation error in the
final draft.

There are 3-4 spelling and The final draft has more
punctuation errors in the than 4 spelling and
final draft.
punctuation errors.

Creativity

Date Created: December 07, 2006

1
Student devotes little time
and effort to the writing
process. Doesn't seem to
care.

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