Personal Narrative STAAR Writing Rubric – Grades 3 -­‐ 5

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Structure

Focus

ORGANIZATION

Progression

Personal Narrative STAAR Writing Rubric ? Grades 3 -- 5

SCORE POINT 4:

SCORE POINT 3:

SCORE POINT 2:

SCORE POINT 1:

ACCOMPLISHED

8 (98%) or

7 (93%)

SATISFACTORY 6 (88%) or 5 (83%)

BASIC 4 (78%) or 3 (73%)

VERY LIMITED 2 (65%)

Structure is appropriate to Structure is mostly

Structure is evident, but not Structure is not appropriate

purpose of writing (to

appropriate to purpose of

always appropriate to

to purpose of writing (to

entertain) and prompt

writing (to entertain) and

purpose (to entertain) or

entertain) or prompt

Organizational strategies or

prompt

prompt

Organizational strategies or

literary devices well suited Organizational strategies or Organizational strategies or

literary devices are not

to narrative task

literary devices adequately

literary devices somewhat

evident, inappropriate, or

Skillfully shares experience

suited to narrative task

suited to narrative task

marginally suited to

Clearly shares experience Shares some sense of

narrative task

experience

Experience is random or

illogical

Details contribute to effectiveness of writing

Sustained focus on specific personal experience

Unified and coherent

Most details contribute to Some details do not

Many details do not

effectiveness of writing

contribute to effectiveness

contribute to writing

Generally sustains focus on

of writing

Lack of focus on specific

specific personal experience

Focus on specific personal

personal experience

Coherent, but may not

experience is not sustained Weak unity and coherence

always be unified due to

Limited unity and coherence

minor lapses

Well controlled Meaningful transitions Strong sentence--to--

sentence connections enhance logical movement

Adequately controlled Mostly meaningful

transitions Sufficient sentence--to--

sentence connections support logical movement

Inconsistent control

Weak control

Some wordiness or

Some wordiness or

repetition cause minor

repetition cause serious

disruptions in story line

disruptions in story line

Some transitions and

Lack of transitions and

sentence--to--sentence

sentence--to--sentence

connections do not support

connections makes

logical movement

narrative hard to follow

Specific, well--chosen details Specific details add

add substance

substance

Details effectively

Most details contribute to

contribute to the

the experience

experience

Thoughtful and engaging Some thoughtfulness

Thorough understanding of Good understanding of

writing task

writing task

Realistic situation provides Realistic situation provides

believable motives for

reasonable motives for

behavior or actions

behavior or actions

Shares good sense of why Shares some sense of why

experience is important

experience is important

Few or general details are not always appropriate

Details are inappropriate, vague, or insufficient

Details marginally

Details do not contribute to

contribute to the

the experience

experience

Little or no thoughtfulness Vague or confusing

Response may be formulaic May have weak link to

and shows limited understanding of task

prompt and shows weak understanding of writing

Somewhat realistic situation, but few motives for behavior or actions

Shares some sense of why

task Fails to create realistic

situation or present motives for behavior or actions

experience is important

Vivid and expressive

Keen awareness of

narrative purpose

Effective word choice

conveys importance of experience

Specific and concrete

Awareness of narrative

purpose

Generally effective word

choice relates experience clearly

General or imprecise

Vague or limited

Basic awareness of

Little or no awareness of

narrative purpose

narrative purpose

Word choice limits ability to Word choice impedes ability

relate experience clearly

to relate experience clearly

Purposeful, varied, and well--controlled sentences enhance effectiveness

Varied and adequately

Awkward or somewhat

controlled sentences mostly

controlled sentences limit

contribute to narrative

effectiveness

Simplistic, awkward, or uncontrolled sentences weaken effectiveness

Detail

Conventions Sentences Word Choice Thoughtfulness

USE OF LANGUAGE / CONVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS

Consistent command of sentence boundaries,

Adequate command of sentence boundaries,

spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and

spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and

grammar/usage

grammar/usage

Minor errors do not take

Some errors, but few, if

away from fluency or clarity

any, disruptions to fluency

or clarity

Partial command of sentence boundaries,

Little or no command of sentence boundaries,

spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and

spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and

grammar/usage

grammar/usage

Distracting errors may

Serious and persistent

create minor disruptions to

errors create disruptions to

fluency or clarity

fluency or clarity

Grading: Score the paper holistically to determine the overall score.

If two different raters give adjacent ratings, add the ratings together to determine the point total and percentage. Papers that are nonscorable responses (0) receive a 50%.

Adapted from the STAAR Personal Narrative Grade 4 Rubric by the Cypress--Fairbanks ISD Curriculum Department -- January 2012

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