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Mystery Stories Mystery Stories Rubric Code: H383C6 By scarpanini Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Total Points ____/20 Grade ____
	Sherlock Holmes 4 pts	Encyclopedia Brown 3 pts	Inspector Gadget 2 pts	Shaggy 1 pts
Mystery Elements alibi clue evidence suspects motive deduction sleuth	Sherlock Holmes Your story contains all the elements of a mystery story that we have studied.	Encyclopedia Brown You used most of the elements of a mystery.	Inspector Gadget You used some of the elements of a mystery.	Shaggy You did not write a mystery story.
Topic Development	Sherlock Holmes Your mystery is very interesting, original and full of suspense.	Encyclopedia Brown Your mystery is interesting, original, and has one or two suspenseful moments.	Inspector Gadget Your story is similar to another mystery story we have read or it does not appear that you revised your work to make it more interesting.	Shaggy There is no evidence of story development.
Characters	Sherlock Holmes Characters are fully developed. Characters are realistic and believable. Characters have personality and depth.	Encyclopedia Brown Characters are mostly developed. Characters are mostly realistic and believable. Characters have some personality and depth.	Inspector Gadget Characters are developed only slightly. Characters are not very realistic or believable. Characters have little personality.	Shaggy Characters are not developed and are not realistic.
Writing Mechanics	Sherlock Holmes You only had one or two spelling or grammatical errors.	Encyclopedia Brown You had only a few errors.	Inspector Gadget You had many errors.	Shaggy You had more than 15 errors in your story.
Organization	Sherlock Holmes The story is organized with a clear introduction, body and conclusion. Events in the story follow a logical sequence of events and was easy to understand.	Encyclopedia Brown The story is mostly organized with a clear introduction, body and conclusion. Events in the story follow a logical sequence of events.	Inspector Gadget The story is mostly organized with an introduction, body and conclusion. Events in the story are present but somewhat difficult to understand.	Shaggy The story is not well organized. Events in the story are not connected, and it is very difficult to undersand.