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 Name:  _________________________________   Date:  ___________________  

Healthy  Choices:  A  Children’s  Book  

Rubric  for  Success    
 
 
 
criteria   expectations  

Includes  3  –  5  healthy  choices  in  

1.  Healthy  Choices   the  book.    Explains  how  these  
choices  keep  a  person  healthy.  
We  Do  Good  Work!  
   
Picks  choices  that  kids  can  make.  
  
Includes  healthy  and  unhealthy   You  met  every  
characters,  which  are  well   expectation!  
2.  Character   described.      
Uses  detail  and  interesting  word  
choice  to  bring  characters  to  life.     
You  met  most  of  the  
Includes  3-­‐5  settings  where   expectations,  but  2-­‐3  
healthy  choices  take  place.    Uses   things  could  be  better.  
3.  Setting   detail  and  interesting  word  
choice  to  bring  settings  to  life.  
 
  
The  story  has  a  beginning,  
You  only  met  some  of  
middle  and  an  end.    There  is  one   the  expectations.  This  
4.  Events   event  that  stands  out  as  the  main   needs  some  work.  
event.    
Follows  all  the  steps  of  the     
writing  process:   Oh,  dear!  You  didn’t  do  
1. pre-­‐writing   what  was  asked.    You  
2. rough  draft   should  rewrite  this!  
5.  Writing  Process   3. revising  
4. editing  
5. teacher  conference  
6. publishing  
 
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