Story Writing Rubric
Student Name:
CATEGORY
Creativity
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4
The story contains
many creative details
and/or descriptions that
contribute to the
reader's enjoyment. The
author has really used
his imagination.
Many vivid, descriptive
words are used to tell
when and where the
story took place.
3
The story contains a
few creative details
and/or descriptions that
contribute to the
reader's enjoyment. The
author has used his
imagination.
Setting
Some vivid, descriptive
words are used to tell
the audience when and
where the story took
place.
Action
Several action verbs
Several action verbs are
(active voice) are used used to describe what is
to describe what is
happening in the story,
happening in the story. but the word choice
The story seems
doesn't make the story
exciting!
as exciting as it could
be.
Problem/Conflict It is very easy for the
It is fairly easy for the
reader to understand the reader to understand the
problem the main
problem the main
characters face and why characters face and why
it is a problem.
it is a problem.
Sentence Structure All sentences are well(Fluency)
constructed with varied
and interesting structure
patterns.
2
The story contains a
few creative details
and/or descriptions, but
they distract from the
story. The author has
tried to use his
imagination.
The reader can figure
out when and where the
story took place, but the
author didn't supply
much detail.
A variety of verbs
(passive voice) are used
and describe the action
accurately but not in a
very exciting way.
It is fairly easy for the
reader to understand the
problem the main
characters face but it is
not clear why it is a
problem.
Most sentences are
Most sentences are
well-constructed with well-constructed but
varied and interesting have similar and
structure patterns.
uninteresting structure
patterns.
The main characters are The main characters are
named and described. named. The reader
Most readers would
knows very little about
have some idea of what the characters.
the characters looked
like.
1
There is little evidence
of creativity in the
story. The author does
not seem to have used
much imagination.
The reader has trouble
figuring out when and
where the story took
place.
Little variety seen in the
verbs that are used. The
story seems a little
boring.
It is not clear what
problem the main
characters face.
Sentences lack structure
and appear incomplete
or rambling.
Characters
The main characters are
named and clearly
described in text as well
as pictures. Most
readers could describe
the characters
accurately.
Title
Title is creative, sparks Title is related to the
interest and is related to story and topic.
the story and topic.
Title is present, but
No title.
does not appear to be
related to the story and
topic.
Grammar and
Spelling
(Conventions)
Writer makes no errors
in grammar or spelling
that distract the reader
form the content.
Writer makes 3-4 errors
in grammar or spelling
that distract the reader
form the content.
Writer makes 1-2 errors
in grammar or spelling
that distract the reader
form the content.
It is hard to tell who the
main characters are.
Writer makes more than
4 errors in grammar or
spelling that distract the
reader form the content.