3rd Grade Narrative Writing Rubric

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Standard/ Focus:
Develop Event/

Exceeds (4)
Clearly and creatively

Meets (3)
Clearly develops a real or

Almost Meets (2)

Develops a real or

Does Not Meet (1)

Does not develop a real

Experience (W.3.3)

develops a real or

imagined event/

imagined event/

or imagined event/

imagined event/

experience.

experience but narrative

experience.

Develop Situation

experience.
Clearly establishes a

Clearly establishes a

is difficult to follow.
Establishes a situation

Situation (problem)

(Problem) /Introduce

situation and clearly

situation (problem) AND

(problem) but DOES NOT

cannot be identified and

Narrator and Characters

introduces both narrator

includes a narrator and

introduce a narrator or

narrator or characters

(W.3.3a)

and characters.

characters.

characters.

are not introduced.

OR
DOES NOT establish a
situation (problem) but
introduces a narrator or
Clear Sequence of Events

Sequence of events

Sequence of events

characters.
Sequence of events is

(W3.3/ W.3.3a/ W.3.3b/

unfolds naturally and

unfolds naturally.

present but does not flow

events.

W.3.3c)
Clear Dialogue and

flows.
Consistently and

Accurately uses dialogue

with narrative.
Narrative uses some

Narrative has no dialogue

Description of Narrative

accurately uses dialogue

or description to develop

dialogue or description to

or description.

(W.3.3b)

AND description to

events/ experiences in

develop events/

develop events/

narrative.

experiences.

Grammar/ Punctuation/

experiences in narrative.
There are grammar,

There are 1-5 grammar,

There are 5-10 grammar,

There are multiple

Spelling (L.3)

punctuation, or spelling

punctuation, or spelling

punctuation, or spelling

grammar, punctuation, or

Conclusion (W.3.3d)

errors.
Provides a strong

errors.
Provides a conclusion that

errors.
Provides a conclusion.

spelling errors.
Does not provide a

conclusion that follows

follows the sequence of

the sequence of narrated

narrated events.

events.

Unclear sequence of

conclusion.