Awesome Rock Formation Narrative Writing Directions & Rubric

Awesome Rock Formation Narrative Writing Directions & Rubric

Your Task: Choose one of the Awesome Rock Formations from the pictures and write a narrative describing the rock formation including an estimated time frame, plants and animals that may have been living in the environment, and the type of erosion that formed the rock formation.

Score / 4 Advanced / 3 Proficient / 2 Emerging / 1 Minimal
Focus / Responds skillfully to all parts of the prompt & engages the reader with vivid details about interesting characters and/or narrator / Responds to all parts of the prompt & engages the reader by introducing characters and/or the narrator / Responds to most parts of the prompt & attempts to engage the reader but does not fully introduce or provide adequate details for the characters and/or narrator / Responds to some or no parts of the prompt & does not engage the reader because characters and/or the narrator are not introduced
Organization / Organizes a well-structured event sequence that unfolds logically and naturally, uses transitions skillfully to manage the sequence of events, provides a conclusion that clearly follows and reflects on events / Organizes a clear event sequence that unfolds logically & naturally, uses transitions to manage the sequence of events, provides a conclusion that follows from the narrated events / Organizes an event sequence that unfolds but may not be logical, uses some transitions to manage the sequence of events, provides a conclusion that somewhat follows from the narrated events / Event sequence unfolds unnaturally or illogically, uses few or no transitions, provides no conclusion or one not connected to events
Conventions / Even difficult spelling correct, accurate use of punctuation, caps, and grammar, varied sentence structure. / Spelling generally correct, punctuation, capitalization and grammar usually correct, no run-on sentences or fragments / Spelling correct on common words, some punctuation, capitalization, and grammatical errors, some run-on sentences or fragments / Errors in spelling impede reader, errors in capitalization, punctuation, and grammar distract reader, run-on sentences and fragments make ideas difficult to follow.
Social Studies
Vocabulary / Uses more than 4 words related to rock formations, erosion, and/or geology. / Uses 4 words related to rock formations, erosion, and/or geology. / Uses only 2 or 3 words related to rock formations, erosion, and/or geology. / Does not use words related to rock formations, erosion, and/or geology.