Unit 4 Narrative Culminating Task

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  • Points 4
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Culminating Task 

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Rubric

5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
Writing Trait
This trait
examines the
writer’s ability
to effectively
develop real or
imagined
experiences or
events using
effective
techniques,
descriptive
details, and
clear event
sequences based
on a text that
has been read.
threshold: pts
Edit criterion description
4 pts 4 The student’s response is a well‐developed narrative that fully develops a real or imagined experience based on text as a stimulus. • Effectively establishes a situation and introduces a narrator and/or characters • Organizes an event sequence that unfolds naturally • Effectively uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop rich, interesting experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations • Uses a variety of words and phrases consistently to signal the sequence of events • Uses concrete words, phrases, and sensory language consistently to convey experiences or events precisely • Provides a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events • Integrates ideas and details from source material effectively • Has very few or no errors in usage and/or conventions that interfere with meaning*
3 pts 3 The student’s response is a complete narrative that develops a real or imagined experience based on text as a stimulus. • Establishes a situation and introduces one or more characters • Organizes events in a clear, logical order • Uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations • Uses words and/or phrases to indicate sequence • Uses words, phrases, and details to convey experiences and events • Provides an appropriate conclusion • Integrates some ideas and/or details from source material • Has a few minor errors in usage and/or conventions that interfere with meaning*
2 pts 2 The student’s response is an incomplete or oversimplified narrative based on text as a stimulus. • Introduces a vague situation and at least one character • Organizes events in a sequence but with some gaps or ambiguity • Attempts to use a narrative technique, such as dialogue or description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations • Uses occasional signal words to indicate sequence • Uses some words or phrases inconsistently to convey experiences and events • Provides a weak or ambiguous conclusion • Attempts to integrate ideas or details from source material • Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that sometimes interfere with meaning*
1 pts 1 The student’s response provides evidence of an attempt to write a narrative based on text as a stimulus. • Response is a summary of the story • Provides a weak or minimal introduction of a situation or a character • May be too brief to demonstrate a complete sequence of events • Shows little or no attempt to use dialogue or description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations • Uses words that are inappropriate, overly simple, or unclear • Provides few, if any, words that convey experiences or events • Provides a minimal or no conclusion • May use few, if any, ideas or details from source material • Has frequent major errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning*
0 pts 0 The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non‐English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive
pts
4 pts
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Additional Comments
Total Points: 4 out of 4