Name______
Narrative Essay- 5th grade
Organization
4: Focused throughout. Establishes characters or narrator and plot.Clear conclusion. Sequence unfolds beginning to end with a variety of transition words.
3: Adequate focus. Evident plot, though minor flaws. Adequate conclusion. Story unfolds using some transition words to sequence events.
2: Drifts in focus. Attempts to establish narrator or characters, but has inconsistent plot. Flaws are evident. Uneven sequence of events, weak conclusion, weak connections among ideas.
1: Brief, drifts in focus, confusing, few or no transitional words, no discernible plot.
0: No evidence of ability to compose a narrative. SCORE _____
Evidence/ Elaboration
4: Provides effective elaboration. Effectively develops experiences, events, and characters. Effectively includes dialogue. Thoroughly conveys experiences and events using description and sensory language. Effective pacing
3: Provides adequate elaboration. Develops experiences, events, and characters. Includes dialogue. Conveys experiences with description and sensory lang.
2: Provides some elaboration. Attempts to develop experiences, events and characters.Minimal dialogue.Limited description, uneven or incorrect pacing.
1: Minimal elaboration. May not include dialogue.Lacks sufficient description. May use limited language and lack a sense of purpose.Confusing.
0: No evidence of ability to compose a narrative. SCORE _____
Conventions
4: Strong command of conventions, few errors
3: Some errors, but adequate use of capitalization, punctuation and spelling. No pattern of errors.
2: Frequent errors that obscure meaning, inconsistent punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
1: Frequent and severe errors that obscure meaning
0: No evidence of ability to write on topic SCORE ____
Name______
Narrative Essay- 5th grade
Organization
4: Focused throughout. Establishes characters or narrator and plot.Clear conclusion. Sequence unfolds beginning to end with a variety of transition words.
3: Adequate focus. Evident plot, though minor flaws. Adequate conclusion. Story unfolds using some transition words to sequence events.
2: Drifts in focus. Attempts to establish narrator or characters, but has inconsistent plot. Flaws are evident. Uneven sequence of events, weak conclusion, weak connections among ideas.
1: Brief, drifts in focus, confusing, few or no transitional words, no discernible plot.
0: No evidence of ability to compose a narrative. SCORE _____
Evidence/ Elaboration
4: Provides effective elaboration. Effectively develops experiences, events, and characters. Effectively includes dialogue. Thoroughly conveys experiences and events using description and sensory language. Effective pacing
3: Provides adequate elaboration. Develops experiences, events, and characters.Includes dialogue. Conveys experiences with description and sensory lang.
2: Provides some elaboration. Attempts to develop experiences, events and characters.Minimal dialogue. Limited description, uneven or incorrect pacing.
1: Minimal elaboration. May not include dialogue.Lacks sufficient description. May use limited language and lack a sense of purpose. Confusing.
0: No evidence of ability to compose a narrative. SCORE _____
Conventions
4: Strong command of conventions, few errors
3: Some errors, but adequate use of capitalization, punctuation and spelling. No pattern of errors.
2: Frequent errors that obscure meaning, inconsistent punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
1: Frequent and severe errors that obscure meaning
0: No evidence of ability to write on topic SCORE ____