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iRubric: 1A Raft Great March West Story rubric

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1A Raft Great March West Story 1A Raft Short Story Writing Student will write to enhance the ability to develop character descriptions as well as a story line with a sequence of events, climax, and resolution. Story depicts the hardships that the men and horses faced during the Great March West. Rubric Code: L77598 By hickey Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Story Assessment
	Excellent 4 pts	Very Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Needs More Work 1 pts
Title	Excellent Title is creative, catchy and intriguing	Very Good Title is creative and catchy.	Satisfactory Title is interesting.	Needs More Work Story has a title that is not related to the plot.
Plot	Excellent Story has multiple problems and suitable solutions (>3)	Very Good Story has multiple problems and suitable solutions.	Satisfactory Story has a problem and solution. There are two events in the story.	Needs More Work Either the problem or the solution is missing.
Setting	Excellent The setting is fully described using imagery and descriptive language	Very Good The setting is fully described and at least three senses are developed.	Satisfactory The setting is described and at least one - two senses are developed.	Needs More Work The setting is mentioned.
Characters	Excellent Characters have names; are physically described, and personalities shine through; relating to the characters is easy.	Very Good Characters have names, are physically described, and the reader has an idea about their personalities.	Satisfactory Characters have names and are physically described.	Needs More Work Characters have names and one descriptive quality about them.
Conventions	Excellent There are no errors.	Very Good There are minimal errors.	Satisfactory There are few errors and it does not detract from the meaning of the story.	Needs More Work There are numerous mistakes in grammar, spelling, that detract from the reading of the story.
Conclusion/Resolution	Excellent The conclusion is intriguing and leaves the reader satsified.	Very Good The conclusion is wraps up the story well, but leaves the reader with questions.	Satisfactory The conclusion leaves the reader unfufilled.	Needs More Work There is no discernable conclusion.
RAFT	Excellent Student clearly uses the RAFT approach to build strong roles, audience, format and topic	Very Good One of the four areas of RAFT are unclear or not described well.	Satisfactory Two of the areas of RAFT are unclear or not described well.	Needs More Work Three of the areas of RAFT are unclear or not described well.