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Writing Realistic Fiction Writing Realistic Fiction While studying the elements of realistic fiction, students write a realistic fiction story that demonstrates their understanding of the stages of plot, characteristics of a story. and the writing process. 5.W.3 Write narrative to develop imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear sequence of events. Rubric Code: TXX48BB By MsWelsh Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Writing a Realistic Narrative
	Excellent Exceeds standards 4 pts	Good Meets standards 3 pts	Trying Approaching the standard 2 pts	Poor Fails to meet standards 1 pts
Focus	Excellent Fully establishes a situation and characters; clearly shows the established theme of the narrative.	Good Establishes situation and characters; shows the given theme.	Trying Does not fully establish situation and characters; limited connection to given theme	Poor Doesn't establish a situation or characters; theme is not present.
Lead	Excellent The lead grasps the reader's interest using one of the 3 strategies taught in class.	Good The lead somewhat grasps the reader's interest.	Trying The lead attempts, but fails, to grasps the reader's interest.	Poor Fails to provide a lead.
Conflict	Excellent Conflict is clearly depicted in the story and the story is developed around the conflict.	Good Conflict is depicted in the story and the story is somewhat developed around the conflict.	Trying Conflict appears in the story but the story is not developed around the conflict.	Poor Conflict is vague or unclear. The story fails to adequately integrate the conflict.
Resolution	Excellent The story depicts a clear resolution of the conflict.	Good The story depicts a resolution of the conflict, but it is somewhat vague.	Trying The story depicts a resolution of the conflict, but it is unrelated to the story.	Poor The story fails to depict a resolution of the conflict.
Oranization	Excellent Creates and organizes a sequence of events with a clear beginning, middle, and end	Good Sequence of events is mostly logical and comprehensible.	Trying Key events are missing or out of order.	Poor Events are disorganized or arranged in an confusing way.
Dialogue	Excellent The story includes a sufficient amount of dialogue that is correctly written and easily read. Dialogue is correctly punctuated.	Good The story includes dialogue . Most dialogue is correctly punctuated and easy to read.	Trying The story does not include a sufficient amount of dialogue that is correctly written and easily read. Dialogue is not correctly punctuated.	Poor The story does not include dialogue.
Sensory Details	Excellent Student uses descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Good Student uses some descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Trying Student uses few descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.	Poor Student fails to use descriptive, sensory details to develop the character, events, and/or plot.
Evidence of Prewriting	Excellent Student demonstrates significant evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Good Student demonstrates some evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Trying Student demonstrates little evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.	Poor Student demonstrates no evidence of pre-writing with a completed Story Map and Believable Character Planning Page.

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Realistic Fiction

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English

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