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Story Elements: Character, Setting, Beginning, Middle, & End Story Elements: Character, Setting, Beginning, Middle, & End The learner will provide the main characters, the setting, and give a written and oral description of the key points of the beginning, middle, and end of a story by completing a story map. (Standards: CC.2.R.L.5 & HI.2.R.3.2 & LA.2.3.2) Rubric Code: P748A3 By jamiekaden Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: K-5

Story Elements
	Emerging 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Applying 3 pts	Innovating 4 pts
beginning of story	Emerging Student attempts to identify how the story began, but is incorrect.	Developing Student can give 1 detail from the beginning of the story, but does not state the key point, or what the problem is.	Applying Student identifies key elements of the beginning of the story, including the problem or situation.	Innovating Student correctly expresses all key elements from the beginning of the story, including the problem, and describes how it introduces the story.
middle of story	Emerging Student attempts to identify events from the middle of story, but is unable to correctly do so.	Developing Student can give 1 event from the middle of story, but leaves out the key point(s), or what the character(s) is doing to solve the problem.	Applying Student identifies key elements from the middle of the story, which tell what the character(s) is doing to solve the problem.	Innovating Student correctly identifies all the key elements of the story and can express why it is important to the story.
end of story	Emerging Student attempts to identify events from the end of story, but is unable to do so.	Developing Student can give 1 event from the end of story, but leave out key point.	Applying Student identifies key elements from the end of the story.	Innovating Student correctly expresses all the key elements from the ending of the story and describes how it concludes the action.
Setting	Emerging Student attempts to provide setting, but in unable to provide even one correct component.	Developing Student can provide 1 element of the setting.	Applying Student can provide multiple details of the setting, where and when.	Innovating Student can provide multiple details of the setting and explain how the setting is important to the plot, or what happens in the story.
Character	Emerging Student tries but is unable to name a character from the story.	Developing Student can name one or more characters from the story, but cannot state who the main character(s) is.	Applying Student can identify the main character(s) and supporting characters that are important to the story	Innovating The student can identify the main character(s) and the important supporting characters. TL can also explain how the main character is important to the story.

Keywords:

character, setting, beginning, middle, end, story map

Subjects:

English

Types:

Reading

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