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Edmond Public Schools Narrative Writing Rubric - Grade 5

The document provides a rubric for grading 5th grade narrative writing. It evaluates students on clear organization with a beginning, middle and end, sentence variation, word choice, use of figurative language, and proper grammar, mechanics and editing.

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Edmond Public Schools Narrative Writing Rubric - Grade 5

The document provides a rubric for grading 5th grade narrative writing. It evaluates students on clear organization with a beginning, middle and end, sentence variation, word choice, use of figurative language, and proper grammar, mechanics and editing.

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EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

NARRATIVE WRITING RUBRIC - GRADE 5


Student__________________________Teacher_____________________Score_____
4-EXCELLENT 3-ACCEPTABLE 2-BELOW AVERAGE 1-UNACCEPTABLE
Score Traits

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CLEAR, WELL ORGANIZED, WELL DEVELOPED IDEAS
! Narrative is logically sequenced, with clear beginning, middle, and end.
! Transition words or phrases connect paragraphs smoothly. (First, Later, Finally . . .)
! Lead sentence grabs the reader's attention. (Start with one of the following: something
unexpected, a quote, some dialogue, a question. . .)

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SENTENCE VARIATION IN PARAGRAPHS
! Introductory participial phrase (Listening carefully, she heard . . .)
(Frightened by the noise, she jumped . . .)
! Compound sentence (Ashley screamed loudly, but Serina ran away.)
! 2 independent clauses separated by a semicolon (Lisa called for help; no one came.)
! Appositive phrase (Jacob, the best speller in the class, won the contest.)
! Introductory prepositional phrase (From the bottom of the well, a noise . . .)
! Introductory adverb clause (When John finished his homework, he . . .) (Until, Since,
After, Before . . .)
! Variety of sentence length
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WORD CHOICE
! Vivid, lively verbs are used. (Weak: Lea was bossy. Strong: Lea bossed her brother
constantly.)
! Imaginative, unusual adjectives are used. (beautiful, angelic, magnificent, awe-inspiring)
! Vague, overused, repetitive language is avoided (a lot, very, really, then, big, pretty,
and, like . . .).
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
! Metaphor (Our house is a zoo. My dog is a genius.)
! Simile (Our house is like a circus. Lily's hair is as soft as silk.)
! Personification (The summer breeze whispered quietly to me. The stars looked down on
me and helped me find my way. Gossip is everyone's enemy.)


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EDITING FOR GRAMMAR, USAGE, MECHANICS
! No run-on sentences (Incorrect: Janie left school early, she had to go to the doctor.)
! No sentence fragments (Incorrect: If Janie went to the doctor.)
! Subject/verb agreement (Incorrect: One of the toys are missing. Correct: One of the
toys is missing.)
! Correct, consistent verb tense usage (Don't accidentally mix present and past tenses.)
! Punctuation is correct.
! Capitalization is correct.
! Spelling is correct.
! Paragraphs are indented correctly.
Patty Foster 2004

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