iRubric: Short Story Writing - Grade 7 rubric

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Short Story Writing - Grade 7 Short Story Writing - Grade 7 Rubric Code: JC77W8 By mgalati Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Story Assessment
	Needs More Work 1 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Very Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Title	Needs More Work Story has a title that is not related to the plot.	Satisfactory Title is interesting.	Very Good Title is creative and catchy.	Excellent Title is creative, catchy and intriguing
Plot	Needs More Work Either the problem or the solution is missing.	Satisfactory Story has a problem and solution. There are two events in the story.	Very Good Story has multiple problems and suitable solutions.	Excellent Story has multiple problems and suitable solutions (>3)
Setting	Needs More Work The setting is mentioned.	Satisfactory The setting is described and at least one - two senses are developed.	Very Good The setting is fully described and at least three senses are developed.	Excellent The setting is fully described using imagery and descriptive language
Characters	Needs More Work Characters have names and one descriptive quality about them.	Satisfactory Characters have names and are physically described.	Very Good Characters have names, are physically described, and the reader has an idea about their personalities.	Excellent Characters have names; are physically described, and personalities shine through; relating to the characters is easy.
Conventions	Needs More Work There are numerous mistakes in grammar, spelling, that detract from the reading of the story.	Satisfactory There are few errors and it does not detract from the meaning of the story.	Very Good There are minimal errors.	Excellent There are no errors.
Conclusion/Resolution/Denoument	Needs More Work There is no discernable conclusion.	Satisfactory The conclusion leaves the reader unfufilled.	Very Good The conclusion is wraps up the story well, but leaves the reader with questions.	Excellent The conclusion is intriguing and leaves the reader satsified.
Creative Openers	Needs More Work There are no creative openers; S + V openers dominate the text	Satisfactory Less than half creative openers; S + V openers still dominate the text	Very Good More than a half of creative openers	Excellent There are more than a half of creative openers. Sentences are well structured.
WOW words	Needs More Work Less than 4 WOW words, their meaning is sometimes not correct.	Satisfactory Less than 7 WOW words used in the text; some of them are not used in an appropriate way.	Very Good Less than 9 WOW words are well chosen; sometimes used in an inappropriate way.	Excellent 10 WOW words are chosen very well and are used in an appropriate way.