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Writing Process

Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful.

Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.

Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by.

Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn't seem to care.

Organization

The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.

The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.

The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.

Ideas and picture seem to be randomly arranged.

Number Sentence

All number sentences presented in the story are accurate.

Almost all number sentences presented in the story are accurate.

Most number sentences presented in the story are accurate (at least 70%).

There are several factual errors in the number sentence.

Setting

Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place.

Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place.

The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail.

The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.

Picture

The picture matches the story completely.

There is one error in the final picture.

There are 2-3 errors in the final picture.

The final picture has more than 3 errors.

Labels

The label is complete and accurate.

Almost all labels are accuarate.

Most labels are accurate.

There are no labels.