Narrative Rubric
1 * / 2 ** / 3 ***• A full stop at the end of each sentence
• A capital letter at the beginning of each sentence
• Each sentence makes sense
• Simple words used
• Nouns used
• Verbs used in the past tense
• An introduction
- who / what / when?
• A middle – the problem
• 1 attempt to solve the problem
• A resolution - ending / • Extra information in the introduction
• ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ used correctly, at times
• Describing words (adjectives)
• An interesting introduction with 2-3 sentences
• A more complex problem
• 2 attempts at solving the problem – 1 unsuccessful and the other successful
• A clear resolution
• Exclamation marks
• 3 basic paragraphs
• Edited and revised – spelling
Some HFW spelt correctly / • Interesting words used
• ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ used consistently correctly
• Joining words used to make more complex sentences
• More detail about the characters More detail about the problem
• Extra punctuation - Speech marks
• Phrases about the nouns
• Phrases about the verbs
• HFW always spelt correctly
• 4-5 paragraphs depending on the complexity of the problem
• An introduction, problem, solution and resolution
• Edited and revised- spelling/phrasing
Description
Rubrics are used as part of students’ personal learning goals. The students and teachers in Year 2 at St Mary’s, Williamstown constructed the rubrics. To compile the rubrics the teachers showed the students work both of a ‘high’ and a ‘low’ standard and asked them to identify the characteristics that made the higher standard, better work. These were then classified into the star levels. The students use the rubrics to rate their own work / sentences as: no-star, 1-star, 2-star or 3-star. Then they identify what they need to do to their work/sentence to make it a higher star level. This articulation by the students is the most powerful part of using the rubrics. They also use the rubric to discuss what other pieces of work need to include - eg. from the class - to move it to the higher level.
Print onto cardboard, laminate & cut. Provide each student with a rubric to use, while writing.