BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts

Gov. Pablo Borbon Campus II, Alangilan, Batangas City, Philippines 4200
www.batstate-u.edu.ph Telefax (043) 300-4404 locs. 106-118

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RUBRICS FOR NARRATIVE REPORT

FEATURES 6 5 4 3 2 1 SCORE
FOCUS •Subject and unifying •Subject and unifying •Subject and unifying Subject/topic clear; •Subject/issue •Subject and
event clear and event clear and event are clear - may theme/unifying event may vague issue unclear,
maintained maintained be prompt dependent not •Reader must infer limited or
•Theme/unifying •Theme/unifying event (requiring reader •Reader is able to infer main event and confusing
theme explicitly stated is stated in opening or inference) theme/unifying even theme •Insufficient
•Reactions present conclusion •Theme/unifying event •Overpromise/underdelive •Unrelated ideas or writing to show
throughout •Reactions present is stated and/or r major drift from criteria are met
•Has effective closing throughout (may not summarized OR focus
be even) •Reactions present underpromise/overdeliver (brainstorming)
•Has closing •May end abruptly •No reactions •May be insufficient
Abrupt ending writing to
•Lacks sufficiency to determine that
subject and
demonstrate a developed
unifying event can
focus
be maintained
ELABORATION Most episodes and •Some episodes or May contain list of May contain simple list of Some attempt at •Elaboration is
reactions elaborated reactions elaborated episodes/events and/or episodes and/or reactions elaboration absent,
with specific detail with specific details reactions with some with no extensions •May be confusing, confusing, or
•Some episodes may •Contains minimal extensions •Mostly general or unclear, or repetitive
be developed with depth •Most elaboration may underdeveloped repetitive •Insufficient
more detail than be general •Lacks sufficiency to •May be insufficient writing to show
others (not necessarily demonstrate developed writing to that criteria are
balanced or even) elaboration determine that met
•Some development elaboration can be
of depth maintained
ORGANIZATION Narrative structure Narrative structure is Narrative structure is Structure is attempted, but Structure is Very
clear-sequence of evident – sequence of noticeable, but the reader may still have to attempted, but with confusing/little
episodes moves episodes moves reader may have to infer little success (may or no attempt at
logically through time logically through time infer it-sequence of •Lacks appropriate be a random structure
without noticeable with a beginning, episodes moves narrative presentation of •Insufficient
gaps middle and ending with logically through time structure (off-mode) ideas) writing to meet
•Episodes few gaps with some gaps •May have a major lapse •Confusing criteria
appropriately •Most paragraphing is •Some appropriate or •Insufficient writing
paragraphed appropriate paragraphing inappropriate transitions to determine that
•Coherence and •Coherence and •Evidence of coherence that organization can be
cohesion cohesion (sentence to may depend on disrupt progression of sustained
demonstrated through sentence) evident; sequence events
some appropriate use may depend on holistic •If present, transitions •May have little evidence
of devices (transitions, structure (chronology) may be simplistic or of
pronouns, causal •Most transitions are even redundant appropriate paragraphing
linkage, etc.) appropriate •Limited structure within
•Varied sentence paragraphs (e.g., lacks
structure produces purposeful ordering of
some cohesion sentences)
•Lacks sufficiency to
demonstrate developed
organization
CONVENTIONS Uses consistent Consistent agreement Maintains Occasional errors Inconsistent agreement Parts of speech show
agreement between between parts of speech. agreement between between parts of between parts of speech. lack of agreement.
parts of speech. No Uses correct parts of speech. speech. Some Many errors in Frequent errors in
errors in mechanics. punctuation, Few errors in errors in mechanics. mechanics. Limited mechanics. Little or
Creative and effective capitalization, etc. mechanics. Applies Some evidence of evidence of spelling no evidence of
use of spelling Consistent use of basic grade level spelling strategies. strategies. spelling strategies.
strategies. spelling strategies. spelling.
INTEGRATION Fully-developed paper Developed paper for •Bare-bones- •Partially developed Attempts to address the Does not fulfill the
for grade level grade level developed paper for •Some (or one) of assignment, but only assignment; barely
•Clear and purposeful •All features are not grade level the feature(s) are rudiments of techniques deals with the topic;
Focus; in-depth, equally well-developed •Simple and clear, not sufficiently for forming Focus, or does not present
balanced elaboration; throughout presenting nothing formed, but all are Elaboration, and most or all of the
sequence of episodes is more that the present Organization can be features
coherently and essentials •Lacks narrative detected •Insufficient writing
cohesively developed •Limited depth structure •Some confusion and/or to show that criteria
throughout •Inference is usually disjointedness are met
required •May be insufficient
writing to determine that
the features can be
maintained

Prepared by: Checked and Verified by: Approved by:

ENGR. NICASIO V. ANTONIO II ENGR. OLIVER S. DIMAILIG DR. ELISA D. GUTIERREZ

CESE Instructor CESE Department Chair Dean, CEAFA