COMIC BOOK WRITING RUBRICS

Students’ names

Grades AD A B C
Criteria

-Adapt the text to Adapt their sentences to Adapt their sentences to Adapt their sentences to Adapt their sentences to
complete a comic in all the parts of a comic: 10 parts of a comic: 9 parts of a comic: 8 parts of a comic:
English to express some -Title page - Characters -Title - Characters - -Title - Characters - -Title - Characters -
actions in healthy -Background -Captions - Background -Captions - Background -Captions - Background -Captions -
relationships. Balloons (speech, Balloons (speech, Balloons (speech, Balloons (speech,
thought) -Different thought) -Different thought) -Different thought) -Different
camera shots (close-up, camera shots (close-up, camera shots (close-up, camera shots (close-up,
full body shot, long- full body shot, long- full body shot, long- full body shot, long-
shot,etc) -Motion lines shot,etc) -Motion lines shot,etc) -Motion lines shot,etc) -Motion lines
(stars, curlicues, etc) - (stars, curlicues, etc) - (stars, curlicues, etc) - (stars, curlicues, etc) -
Panels 18+ (border, Panels 14-17 (border, Panels 8-13 (border, Panels (border, gutter
gutter and margin space) gutter and margin gutter and margin and margin space) -
-Sound effects (display space) -Sound effects space) -Sound effects Sound effects (display
letters) (display letters) (display letters) letters)
-School logo -Author - -School logo -Author - -School logo -Author - -School logo -Author -
Credits(story,script,penc Credits(story,script,penc Credits(story,script,pen Credits(story,script,pen
ils,colors). ils,colors). cils,colors). cils,colors).

-Organize your ideas to Organize their ideas to Organize their ideas to Organize their ideas to Organize their ideas to
make a comic in English make a comic with all make a comic with 8 of make a comic with 7 of make a comic with 6 or
about actions in healthy the following content: the following content: the following content: less of the following
relationships with Possessive adjectives, Possessive adjectives, Possessive adjectives, content:
coherence, cohesion and Possessive pronouns, Possessive pronouns, Possessive pronouns, Possessive adjectives,
Healthy and Toxic Healthy and Toxic Healthy and Toxic Possessive pronouns,
fluency according to
relationships, 5 different relationships, 4 different relationships, 3 Healthy and Toxic
your level with values, personal values, personal different values, relationships, 3
appropriate vocabulary. pronouns, Actions you pronouns, actions you personal pronouns, different values,
can make in a can make in a actions you can make in personal pronouns,
relationship, Adjectives, relationship, adjectives, a relationship, actions you can make in
Connectors. Different connectors. different adjectives, connectors. a relationship,
phrases to express phrases to express different phrases to adjectives, connectors.
feelings and opinions, feelings and opinions, express feelings and different phrases to
Effective transitions. Effective transitions. opinions, express feelings and
Effective transitions. opinions,
Effective transitions.

-Uses conventions of Use different tenses Use different tenses Sometimes use different Barely/never use
written language such as correctly, capital letters, correctly, capital letters, tenses correctly, capital different tenses
complex spelling and commas and full stops commas and full stops letters, commas and full correctly, capital letters,
grammatical resources to give clarity to the to give clarity to the stops to give clarity to commas and full stops
that give clarity and comic all the time. comic most of the time. the comic. to give clarity to the
comic.
meaning to the text.

Reflect and evaluate Check the comic all the Check the comic most Sometimes check the Barely/never check the
your comic in English time to correct grammar of the time to correct comic to correct comic to correct
mistakes which affect grammar mistakes grammar mistakes grammar mistakes
on some actions in the coherence of the text which affect the which affect the which affect the
healthy relationships to and it is appropriate for coherence of the text coherence of the text coherence of the text
improve it considering the audience. and it is appropriate for and it is appropriate for and it is appropriate for
the audience. the audience. the audience.
grammatical and
spelling aspects, as well
as other conventions
related to written
language used
appropriately to give
meaning to the text.