Narrative

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Emerging 6.0

Progressing 7.0

Proficient 8.0

Advanced 9.0

Engagement

Hook the reader by establishing a situation by introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize a basic beginning, middle, and end.

Hook the reader by establishing a situation by introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Hook the reader by establishing a context by introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize a clear and focusedbeginning, middle, and end.

Hook the reader by establishing a context and point of view by introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize a clear,  focused, and interesting beginning, middle, and end.

Technique

Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events.

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacingand description, to develop experiences and events.

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events to show the responses of characters to situations.

Use a variety of narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop and enrich experiences, events, and/or characters.

Sequence

Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

Use a variety of effective and creative transitions, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

Word Choice

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events.

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and eventsprecisely.

Use precise words and phrases, relevant and descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

Use interesting and precise words and phrases, relevant and descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.

Conclusion

Provide a basic conclusion.

Provide a conclusion thatwraps up the story.

Provide a developedconclusion that wraps up the story.

Provide a developed andsatisfying conclusion that wraps up the story.

 



Point of View


Point of View Rubric 6th Grade(Literary Text)
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
DevelopingNearly ProficientProficientAdvanced
Compare and contrastthe first and third person point of view in different texts.Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of viewinfluences how events are described.Explain how an authordevelops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.Analyze how an author develops and contraststhe points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Point of View Rubric 6th Grade (Informational Text)
Determine an author's point of vew or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
DevelopingNearly ProficientProficientAdvanced
Compare and contrasta first hand and second hand account of the same event or topicAnalyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.Determine an author's point of view or purpose, and explainhow it is shown in the text.Determine an author's point of view or purpose, and analyze how the author shows how their position is different from others.
 

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