Narrative Text-Based Writing Rubric – Grade 4
The NARRATIVE writing task examines the writer’s ability to effectively develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences based on a text that has been read.
Score of 4The student’s response is a well-developed narrative that fully develops a real or imagined experience based on a text as a stimulus. / Score of 3
The student’s response is a complete narrative that develops a real or imagined experience based on a text as a stimulus. / Score of 2
The student’s response is an incomplete or oversimplified narrative based on a text as a stimulus. / Score of 1
The student’s response provides evidence of an attempt to write a narrative based on a text as a stimulus / Score of 0
Opening / Effectively establishes a situation and introduces a narrator and/or characters / Establishes a situation and introduces one or more characters / Introduces a vague situation and at least one character / Provides a weak or minimal introduction of a situation or a character / The response is completely irrelevant or incorrect, or there is no response
The student merely copies the text in the prompt.
The student copies so much text from the passages that there is not sufficient original work to be scored.
Organization / Organizes an event sequence that unfolds naturally / Organizes events in a clear, logical order / Organizes events in a sequence but with some gaps or ambiguity / May be too brief to demonstrate a complete sequence of events
Narrative Techniques / Effectively uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description to develop rich, interesting experiences and events and show the responses of characters to situations / Uses narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events and show the responses of characters to situations / Attempts to use a narrative technique, such as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events and show the responses of characters to situations / Shows little or no attempt to use dialogue or description to develop experiences and events and show the responses of characters to situations
Sequence / Uses a variety of words and phrases consistently to signal the sequence of events / Uses words and/or phrases to indicate sequence / Uses occasional signal words to indicate sequence / Provides few if any words that convey experiences and events
Vivid Language / Uses concrete words, phrases, and sensory language consistently to convey experiences events precisely / Uses words, phrases, and details to convey experiences and events / Uses some words or phrases inconsistently to convey experiences and events / Uses words that are inappropriate, overly simple, or unclear
Conclusion / Provides a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events / Provides an appropriate conclusion / Provides a weak or ambiguous conclusion / Provides a minimal or no conclusion
Use of Source / Integrates ideas and details from source material effectively / Integrates some ideas and/or details from source material / Attempts to integrate ideas or details from source material / May use few if any ideas or details from source material
Usage/
Conventions / Has very few or no errors in usage and/or conventions that interfere with meaning* / Has little or no errors in usage and/or conventions that interfere with meaning* / Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that sometimes interfere with meaning* / Has frequent major errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning*
Scores: Opening______Organization______Narrative Techniques______Sequence______Vivid Language______Conclusion______Use of Source______Usage/Conventions______