Memory Emphasis Criteria
Development
Is it alive? Is there dialogue?
Are details relevant and telling and specific?
Is there an inviting introduction and a satisfactory conclusion?
Is the important part emphasized or does everything seem to have the same emphasis? Does it slow down and speed
up in the right places?
Does the story build to a climax? Is there a sense of progression, of the story climbing and rising?
Fluency
Does the writing have a cadence? Do sentences vary in length and structure?
Does the text invite oral reading?
Word Choice
Sensory details, lively verbs, precise nouns and modifiers, natural tone, some striking words and phrases
Conventions: header, heading, indentations, standard usage, spelling
Format
Spacing, Header, Heading, Indentations
Grammar
Standard English Usage
Content
Word Choice
Development: Specific details that are relevant and telling
Development: is it alive? Is there dialogue?
Development: Emphasis and pace
Development: introduction and conclusion
Development: Does the story build to a climax?
Sentence Fluency
A
B
C
D
F