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The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic. Elements of an existing fairy tale are used in a very interesting way.
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Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. It is clear which fairy tale this is based on.
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Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. There are elements of an existing fairy tale.
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No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. It is not clear which fairy tale this is based on.
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There are no CUPS in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout.
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There is one CUPS error in the final draft.
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There are 2-3 CUPS errors in the final draft.
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The final draft has more than 3 CUPS errors.
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The solution to the character's problem is easy to understand, and is logical. There are no loose ends.
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The solution to the character's problem is easy to understand, and is somewhat logical.
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The solution to the character's problem is a little hard to understand.
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No solution is attempted or it is impossible to understand.
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The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination.
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The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used his imagination.
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The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination.
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There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.
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The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately.
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The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like.
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The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters.
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It is hard to tell who the main characters are.
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Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place.
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Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place.
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The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail.
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The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.
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Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works hard to make the story wonderful.
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Student devotes sufficient time and effort to the writing process (prewriting, drafting, reviewing, and editing). Works and gets the job done.
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Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process but was not very thorough. Does enough to get by.
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Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process. Doesn't seem to care.
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There is a clear and interesting point of view that is consistent throughout.
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The point of view remains consistent through most of the story.
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The point of view sometimes loses consistency or is unclear.
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The reader has trouble figuring out who is telling the story.
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The story is more than one double spaced page and it requires that length to be fully developed.
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The story is at least one double spaced page.
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The story is less than one double spaced page.
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The story is far less than one double spaced page.
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The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it.
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The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it.
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The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry.
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The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn't care what it looked like.
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