Grade 4 Personal and Fictional Narrative Rubric: Ix Traits 4 3 2 1 Ideas & Content
Grade 4 Personal and Fictional Narrative Rubric: Ix Traits 4 3 2 1 Ideas & Content
and setting Provides meaningful insight into why event/experience was memorable Includes a central idea with limited facts, supporting details, and/or explanations Establishes a weak idea/plot and setting Provides little insight into why the event/experience was memorable Includes a central idea but lacks related facts, supporting details, and/or explanations Establishes no real idea/plot or setting Provides no insight into why the event/experience was memorable ORGANIZATION Organizing structure that includes paragraphs Engages reader creatively, relates significant events, and moves to a clear conclusion Organizing structure that
includes paragraphs Engages the reader, relates significant events, and moves to a conclusion Organizing structure with very few paragraphs Minimally developed sequence of events and fails to fully engage the reader or conclude Organization lacks paragraphing structure Sequence of events is not present or confusing and fails to engage the reader or conclude
VOICE
Voice chosen is appropriate to topic, purpose, and audience Writing is expressive, engaging, and/or sincere Voice is present Shows an awareness of audience Writing is somewhat engaging and expressive Voice is inconsistent or
weak Shows limited awareness of audience Little or no voice is evident Awareness of audience or personal involvement is not evident
SENTENCE FLUENCY
Sentences flow Sentence length, structure, and complexity is varied Sentences flow Sentence structures are varied Sentences are fragmented, run-on or confusing Sentence structures are limited in variety Sentences are incomplete and/or unclear
WORD CHOICE
Uses vivid descriptive language and concrete sensory details Enables the reader to visualize the events or
experiences Uses descriptive language and concrete sensory details Enables the reader to visualize the events or experiences Uses limited, repetitive word choice Does not give a visual picture Uses dull, repetitive word choice Word choice may confuse the reader
CONVENTIONS
Contains few if any errors in conventions that makes the writing easy to read and understand Contains some convention errors that do not interfere with the meaning Contains frequent convention error that are noticeable and confuse the reader Contains so many