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 Self-­‐Scoring  Rubric  

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Story  Elements   Yes   No  
   
 
My  story  has  2  or  more  characters      
My  characters  have  names      
     
   
 
My  story  says  what  day  it  is  or  what  time  it  is      
My  story  says  the  name  of  the  place  (city,  state,  park,  forest)      
     
   
 
My  story  has  a  problem,  event  that  gets  it  going      
     
   
 
My  characters  have  a  feeling  about  the  take  off      
     
   
Plan
 
My  character  made  a  plan  because  of  the  take  off.      
     
     
My  character(s)  took  action  because  of  the  take-­‐off      
     
   
 
Something  happened  that  got  in  the  way  of  the  action(s)  my  characters  took  because  of  the      
take-­‐off  
     
   
 
My  character(s)  had  feelings  about  the  complication.      
     
   
 
My  character  made  another  plan  because  of  the  complication.      
   
 
My  character  took  action  because  of  the  complication  –  relates  to  the  take-­‐off      
     
   
 
The  story  had  an  ending  that  related  to  the  take-­‐off      
     
Story  Sparkle   Yes   No  
My  story  has  at  least  3  joining  words  (for,  and,  nor,  but,  or,  yet,  so)      
     
My  story  has  at  least  3  words  that  say  when  and/or  why  (after,  while,  when,  before,  because)      
     
My  story  has  at  least  3  different  words  that  relate  to  dialogue  and  thinking        
(thought,  said,  decided,  promised,  forgot,  wanted,  barked,  asked,  told,  know);  circle  them        
     
My  story  has  at  least  3  words  that  say  whose  and  how  (examples:  how  big,  how  small,  how      
sad,  whos  shoe,  whos  dog)  
     
 

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