iRubric: Writing A Short Story rubric

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Writing A Short Story Writing A Short Story This rubric is created to asses in writing a short story project. The students will show their understanding about the characteristics of short story and they will choose the topic of their own short story freely. Rubric Code: CX963A4 By nicolebuuck Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Writing A Short Story
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Plot	Excellent Presents events that create a clear narrative	Good Presents sequence of events	Fair Presents a confusing sequence of events	Poor Presents no logical order
Characters	Excellent Successfully goes in-depth with description; clearly covers all aspects of character	Good Goes in-depth with description; covers all aspects of character	Fair Includes some description; covers some aspects of character	Poor Does not go in-depth with description; does not cover all aspects of character
Dialogue & Elaboration	Excellent Contains details that provide insight to character; contains dialogue that reveals characters and furthers the plot.	Good Contains details and dialogue that develop characters	Fair Contains characters and setting; contains some dialogue	Poor Contains few or no details to develop characters or setting; no dialogue provided
Grammar	Excellent There is no errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling	Good There are 1-3 errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling	Fair There are 4-6 errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling	Poor There are 7 or more errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Use of Language	Excellent Uses variant of word choices and tones to reveal story’s setting and character	Good Uses interesting and fresh word choices	Fair Uses cliches and unoriginal expressions	Poor Uses uninspired word choices