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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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There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft.
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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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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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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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