Name____________________________

Story map and my own ending project!

On this page create your own ending to the story Black Dog. Prepare to share with
class.

CATEGORY

Sentences &
Paragraphs

Sentences and
paragraphs are
complete, wellconstructed and of
varied structure.

Grammar &
spelling
(conventions)

Writer makes no errors Writer makes 1-2 errors Writer makes 3-4 errors Writer makes more
in grammar or spelling. in grammar and/or
in grammar and/or
than 4 errors in
spelling.
spelling
grammar and/or
spelling.

Ideas

Ideas were expressed

in a clear and
organized fashion. It
was easy to figure out
what the letter was
about.

All sentences are

complete and wellconstructed (no
fragments, no run-ons).
Paragraphing is
generally done well.

Ideas were expressed

in a pretty clear
manner, but the
organization could
have been better.

Most sentences are

complete and wellconstructed.
Paragraphing needs
some work.

Ideas were somewhat

organized, but were not
very clear. It took more
than one reading to
figure out what the
letter was about.

Many sentence
fragments or run-on
sentences OR
paragraphing needs
lots of work.

The letter seemed to

be a collection of
unrelated sentences. It
was very difficult to
figure out what the
letter was about.

Capitalization and Writer makes no errors Writer makes 1-2 errors Writer makes 3-4 errors Writer makes more
in capitalization and
in capitalization and
in capitalization and
than 4 errors in
Punctuation
punctuation.

Rubric-

punctuation.

punctuation.

capitalization and
punctuation