Target-2 Acceptable -1 Unacceptable-0

Characteristics Student effectively Student effectively Student incorporates

incorporates 3 or incorporates 2 1 or less
more characteristics characteristics of characteristics of
of fairy tales learned fairy tales into their fairy tales in their
throughout unit into original story original story
their original story
Storyline Original story has 4 Original Story has 3 Original story has 2 or
story elements out of four story less of story elements
evident: elements evident: evident:
-setting -setting -setting
-plot -plot -plot
-conflict -conflict -conflict
-resolution -resolution -resolution

-Storyline and all -Storyline and all -Storyline and all

details are connected details in story are details in story are
and make sense in connected and make not connected and do
story. sense in story not make sense as a
cohesive storyline

Originality& appropriateness
-Story shows -Story shows ample -Story does not show
significant evidence of evidence of evidence of
imagination and imagination and imagination and
originality through the originality through the originality through the
creation of an original creation of an original creation of an original
storyline with at least storyline with at least storyline
2 original characters 1 original character
- story & characters - story & characters -Story includes no
are classroom are classroom original characters
appropriate appropriate (characters taken
from stories read in
class do not count as
original)

- story & characters

are not classroom
appropriate

Original Fairy Tale Rubric

(Authentic Assessment)