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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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First paragraph has a "grabber" or catchy beginning.
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First paragraph has a weak "grabber".
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A catchy beginning was attempted but was confusing rather than catchy.
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No attempt was made to catch the reader's attention in the first paragraph.
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The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.
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The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.
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The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.
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Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.
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The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic.
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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.
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Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic.
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No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic.
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There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout.
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There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft.
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There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft.
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The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors.
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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 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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