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Writing Workshop 7 (continued)
SCORING GUIDE
Ideas
Scoring Criteria
Exemplary
The narrative
• uses a variety of
narrative techniques such as dialogue (direct and indirect) and reflection to effectively tell a clear and focused story
• Reflects insightfully on the meaning, importance of, or reasons for actions and/or consequences
Proficient
The narrative
• uses narrative
techniques to tell a generally clear and focused story
• reflects on the importance of the experience
Emerging
The narrative
• tells an unclear,
unfocused story and contains little or
no use of narrative techniques
• contains limited reflection on the importance of the experience
Incomplete
Structure
The narrative
• provides an engaging
beginning and a reflective ending that comments on the significance of the experience
• uses a variety of transitions effectively to convey sequence, signal shifts, and show the relationship among events
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The narrative
• introduces the
reader to the central incident and ends with reflective commentary about the importance of the incident
• uses transitions to convey sequence and signal shifts
The narrative
• contains a beginning
that is unclear and/ or does not directly relate to the story
• presents disconnected ideas and limited use of transitions
• contains an ending that is disconnected, unfocused, and/or nonreflective
The narrative
• uses summary to tell
a story, without using
narrative techniques
• contains no reflection
on the importance of the experience
The narrative
• contains no clear
beginning to the
narrative
• presents incidents
without a clear sense
of sequence
• presents no
concluding elements
Use of Language
The narrative
• uses varied sentence
types as well
as sensory and figurative language effectively and purposefully to enhance the story
• provides details, using precise words and phrases that enhance the story
• effectively uses verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in particular sentences
• contains few or no punctuation, grammar, capitalization, and spelling errors
The narrative
• uses a variety of
sentence structures and sensory and figurative language to capture the action and make the story clear
• generally uses precise words and phrases
• uses verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) correctly in particular sentences
• may contain minor errors in punctuation, grammar, capitalization, or spelling that do
not interfere with meaning
The narrative
• uses sensory and/or
figurative language ineffectively or not at all
• shows little or no variety in sentence structure
• contains words and phrases that are repetitive and/or unclear
• struggles to (or does not) use verbals correctly
• contains several errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and/or spelling that interfere with meaning
The narrative
• uses little language
that appeals to the
senses
• contains little variety
or control in sentence
length
• contains diction
that is vague and
imprecise
• includes no verbals
• contains multiple
and major errors in the conventions of writing that interfere with meaning
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