RE: 7.05 Narrative Outline/plot pyramid

Trait / Emerging / Developing / Proficient / Advanced
Story elements / Can list only one or two story elements and place them on the plot diagram appropriately. Needs assistance in determining where they are place on the plot pyramid. / Able to list some main elements of plot and place them appropriately. Or, can list the main elements of plot but not place them appropriately on the plot pyramid. / Able to list main elements of plot and place them appropriately on diagram: exposition (setting), inciting incident (conflict), rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. / Able to list main elements of plot pyramid and place them appropriately on diagram and add “complications” in plot during rising and falling action and denouement. Can explain why elements are situated as they are—climax near the end=short story, etc.
Main idea/theme / Does not understand what a theme is; confuses it with plot. Needs assistance in determining conflict in the story. / Difficulty identifying the main idea or theme and needs assistance identifying type of conflict involved in the story. / Able to identify main idea and theme and point to elements that help define it. Able to identify type of conflict and whether it is internal or external. / Able to identify main idea and theme and point to elements that help define it. Able to identify type of conflict and whether it is internal or external. Identify multiple themes or universal themes in story.
Elaboration/
supporting detail / Needs assistance defining and explaining relevant events/characters/incidents from the story and needs assistance placing them correctly on the plot pyramid. Many items are irrelevant to plot development. / Can define and explain some relevant events/characters/incidents from the story and place most of them correctly on the diagram. Some items are irrelevant to plot development. / Able to define and elaborate upon relevant events/characters/incidents from the story and place them appropriately on the diagram. Nearly all supporting details are relevant to plot development. / Able to define events/characters/incidents from the story and place them appropriately on the diagram. Able to explain plot unravelings in denouement.