Story Writing : Oregon Trail Project

Teacher Name: Ms. Vogel

Student Name:
CATEGORY
Focus on Assigned
Topic

Requirements

Accuracy of Facts

Spelling and
Punctuation

Creativity

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4
The entire story is
related to the
assigned topic and
allows the reader to
understand much
All of the written
requirements (# of
pages, info. included)
were met.

3
Most of the story is
related to the
assigned topic. The
story wanders off at
one point, but the
Almost all (about
90%) the written
requirements were
met.

2
Some of the story is
related to the
assigned topic, but a
reader does not learn
much about the topic.
Most (about 75%) of
the written
requirements were
met, but several were
not.
All facts presented in Almost all facts
Most facts presented
the story are accurate presented in the story in the story are
and based on the
are accurate.
accurate (at least
research.
70%).
There are no spelling
or punctuation errors
in any of the entries.
Character and place
names that the author
The story contains
many creative details
and/or descriptions
that contribute to the
reader\'s enjoyment.

There is one spelling

or punctuation error
in the entries.

There are 2-3 spelling

and punctuation
errors in the entries.

The story contains a

few creative details
and/or descriptions
that contribute to the
reader\'s enjoyment.

The story contains a

few creative details
and/or descriptions,
but they distract from
the story. The author

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No attempt has been
made to relate the
story to the assigned
topic.
Many requirements
were not met.

There are several

factual errors in the
story.

More than 3 spelling

and punctuation
errors.

There is little
evidence of creativity
in the story. The story
is mostly just facts.