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Narrative: Christmas Story Short Story (Creative Writing) Students will write a short story based on 4 square writing method Rubric Code: X9XX89 By adamccarthy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Creative - short story
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
completed folder	Excellent Writing folder contained: story focus 4 square outline hand written rough draft corrected typed draft completed paper	Good Writing folder is missing 1 part of the project	Fair Writing folder is missing 2 parts of the project	Poor Writing folder missing 3 or more parts of the project
Introduction	Excellent Introduction contains: hook setting character problem "sensory"description	Good Introduction is missing one component	Fair Introduction is missing 2 components	Poor The introduction is incomplete
tried and failed	Excellent Story shows at least 3 failed attempts to solve the problem and Attempts to solve the problems are very clearly explained	Good Story has only 2 failed attempts and/or Attempts to solve the problems are explained	Fair Story has only one failed attempt to solve the problem and/ or attempts are not clearly explained	Poor Story did not follow 4 square design and/or needs much more work to clearly explain what was happening.
Resolution	Excellent Story shows a clear resolution to the problem and an excellent conclusion	Good Story has a resolution and a good conclusion	Fair Story resolution and/or conclusion needs a bit more work.	Poor Story resolution and/or conclusion is poorly written
format/mechanics	Excellent story had: new puzzle pieces with a comma 12 point font Times New Roman 1 and 1/2 spacing indents no spelling or grammatical errors	Good story missing one component and/or had 2-3 spelling or grammatical errors	Fair story missing 2-3 components and/or 4-5 spelling or grammatical errors	Poor story did not follow guidelines or had more than 6 spelling or grammatical errors.