Story Writing Rubric
 
Awesome
Admirable
Acceptable
Minimal
Characters
Represents various types of people Are named and described Have names Are not mentioned
Setting
Includes vivid language Includes place and time May include a place or time Is not mentioned
Plot
Has a well defined beginning, middle and end Has a definite beginning, middle and end Lacks at least one of these components Is a list of events
Conflict/Resolution
Story has multiple conflicts and resolutions Story has a conflict and resolution Story has a conflict but no resolution Lacks both conflict and resolution
Mechanics
No distracting errors, variety of sentence structures Few distracting errors, complete sentences are used Errors are distracting, incomplete sentences or sentence fragments are used Lack of mechanics evident

Meg Bradford and Di Todd
1/27/00