Short Story 6 Trait Rubric

	Ideas and Content	Organization	Voice	Word Choice	Sentence Fluency	Conventions
4	Clear and focused Details relevant and fully elaborated *Author keeps purpose	Logical order Strong beginning, middle, end *Effective use of transitions	Strong originality and interesting ideas Strong evidence of writer's personality	Many precise and vivid words enhance ideas Words are not everyday words, but yet related to writing and are used correctly	All sentences complete Variety of styles and lengths *Comfortable flow enhances writing	*Strong sense of correct writing conventions: grammar capitalization punctuation spelling
3	Clear and focused Details not fully elaborated	Logical order Good beginning, middle, end *Some use of transitions	Some originality and interesting ideas Some evidence of writer's personality	Some precise and vivid words enhance ideas Some everyday words	Most sentences complete Some variety of styles and lengths *Comfortable flow	*Generally correct use of writing conventions
2	*Attempts to address topic	Some sense of logical order Weak beginning, middle, end *Limited use of transitions	Limited originality and interesting ideas Little evidence of writer's personality	Words correct, but not precise or vivid Too many everyday words	Some run-ons and/or fragments Little variety of styles and lengths *Choppy or rambling	*Some errors in conventions distract from readability
1	No clear sense of topic Little or no details used to support	No logical order No beginning, middle, end *Lacks transitions	Little or no originality No evidence of writer's personality	*Words are vague or incorrectly used	*Many errors in sentence structure	*Many errors in conventions distract from readability

	Ideas and Content	Organization	Voice	Word Choice	Sentence Fluency	Conventions
4	Clear and focused Details relevant and fully elaborated *Author keeps purpose	Logical order Strong beginning, middle, end *Effective use of transitions	Strong originality and interesting ideas Strong evidence of writer's personality	Many precise and vivid words enhance ideas Words are not everyday words, but yet related to writing and are used correctly	All sentences complete Variety of styles and lengths *Comfortable flow enhances writing	*Strong sense of correct writing conventions: grammar capitalization punctuation spelling
3	Clear and focused Details not fully elaborated	Logical order Good beginning, middle, end *Some use of transitions	Some originality and interesting ideas Some evidence of writer's personality	Some precise and vivid words enhance ideas Some everyday words	Most sentences complete Some variety of styles and lengths *Comfortable flow	*Generally correct use of writing conventions
2	*Attempts to address topic	Some sense of logical order Weak beginning, middle, end *Limited use of transitions	Limited originality and interesting ideas Little evidence of writer's personality	Words correct, but not precise or vivid Too many everyday words	Some run-ons and/or fragments Little variety of styles and lengths *Choppy or rambling	*Some errors in conventions distract from readability
1	No clear sense of topic Little or no details used to support	No logical order No beginning, middle, end *Lacks transitions	Little or no originality No evidence of writer's personality	*Words are vague or incorrectly used	*Many errors in sentence structure	*Many errors in conventions distract from readability