iRubric: Historical Fiction Short Story Rubric

Historical Fiction Short Story Rubric

Short Story Rubric

This is a rubric determines how well each short story was written.

Rubric Code: A376X6

By summergrl0410

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Public Rubric

Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Historical Fiction
	Needs Improvement 5 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 7 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Research	Needs Improvement Articles are not turned in, or only 1 article is turned in.	Fair Articles are turned in but include no notes or highlighting of pertinent information	Good Articles turned in with story, articles are not highlighted or no notes are included	Excellent Articles are turned in and show highlighting/notes that are to be used in the short story
Pre-Writing & 1st Draft	Needs Improvement Pre-writing and rough draft not turned in.	Fair Either rough draft or pre-writing is not complete or does not reflect revision from draft to final copy	Good Rough draft and pre-writing turned in.	Excellent Turned in with final copy, reflects development, editing, and revision has occured to produce final copy
Creativity	Needs Improvement - The story has no creativity or orginality	Fair - The story has minimal creativity where a reader might want to read on.	Good - The story reflects a good amount of creativity so that a reader would want to read on.	Excellent -The story is largely creative and is intriguing to the point that a reader would be very intererested in the outcome.
Details	Needs Improvement - The story is rarely described with good detail. - You don't feel like you're in the story at all.	Fair - The story is somewhat described with detail. - You somewhat feel like your in the story.	Good - Most everything is described with detail. - You sometimes feel like you are in the story.	Excellent - Everything is described with precise detail. - You feel like you are watching a movie or you're in the story.
Setting	Needs Improvement - You do not know where the story takes place, your completely lost.	Fair - You somewhat know where things are taking place.	Good - You know where things are taking place most of the time.	Excellent - You know exactly where everything is taking place. - The setting is described so well that you feel like you're there.
Historical Details	Needs Improvement Historical details are scarce and story does not reflect historical details	Fair Historical details are vague and do not reflect thorough research	Good Historical details are present, additional historical information could be included	Excellent Historical details reflect thorough research and understanding of the events taking place during this time in history
Character Description	Needs Improvement - characters are poorly developed and it is hard to imagine what these characters might be like.	Fair -Character development needs improvement	Good - Characters are developed but some characters could be better developed through more direct or indirect characterization.	Excellent -characters are thoroughly developed through direct and indirect characterization
Development	Needs Improvement Story development does not exist and does not follow sequence.	Fair Story development nees to be improved or revised	Good Story development follows story sequence but some component could be better developed	Excellent Story contains exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Grammar	Needs Improvement More than 8 errors, please revise	Fair 6-7 errors	Good 4-5 errors	Excellent Three errors or fewer

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English

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Rubric Code: A376X6