Criteria No Beginning Intermediate Developing Accomplished Exemplary

Credit (D grade) (C grade) (B grade) (A grade) (A+ grade)

0% 60-69% 70-79% 80-89% 90-94% 95-100%
Overall plot 0% There is little Many Few Plot was very Exceeds
Understanding No to no grammatical grammatical clear, and requirements
(weighting Credit understanding errors, plot errors, easy to and
.17%) on what the was not inconsistency understand, expectations
plot of the always in with the plot little to no
story is play grammatical
errors
Proper 0% There was no Specific Setting was Setting was Exceeds
settings were No specific setting were not always clear, has requirements
applied Credit setting not always clear, had to more than and
( Weighting stated many setting one clear and expectations
.17%) to keep track appropriate
of setting
Theme 0% No clear Theme was Theme was Theme was Exceeds
(Weighting No theme was inconsistent, recognizable, consistent requirements
.17%) Credit applied, but the point but lacked in throughout and
various topics was achieved depth detail the entire expectations
being story, easy to
discussed follow
Point of View 0% There were Two Had one One point of Exceeds
(Weighting No various points different main point of view was requirements
.17%) Credit of view in the points of view, but used and
story view were sometimes throughout expectations
consistently changed the entire
being used, story
not making
sense
Conflict and 0% No conflict Conflict was Conflict was Conflict was Exceeds
Resolution No was stated, unclear, but stated, no clearly stated, requirements
(Weighting Credit nor was there had some clear and and resolved and
.17%) a conflict to sort of smooth in a expectations
be resolved resolution transition reasonable
“happy towards manner
ending” resolution
Characters 0% Did not have Had less Had at least Had at least 5 Exceeds
(Weighting No the minimum than 5 3 characters characters, requirements
.17%) Credit of 5 characters with names each with and
characters many, at names and expectations
least one of personalities
them had a
name and
personality