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GradeNarrativeWritingAssessmentTool

Assignment:

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NotesforRevision:
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StandardofExcellence
MEETSEXPECTATIONS
EXCEEDSEXPECTATIONS

Engagesandorientsthereaderby
establishingacontext,
establishingapointofview,and
introducinganarrator,and/or
characters(W.7.3.a)
Developsanaturalandlogical
sequenceofevents(W.7.3.a)
Providesaconclusionthatfollows
fromorreflectsonthenarrated
eventsorexperiences(W.7.3.e)

Organizationisartful,moving
beyondthetraditionalformulaic
approachtowriting.
Placementofplotelementsor
experiencesisparticularlyeffective,
addingtotheoverallofthenarrative
ontheaudience.

Usesnarrativetechniques,suchas
dialogue,pacing,anddescription,to
developexperiences,events,and/or
characters(W.7.3.b)
Usesavarietyoftransitional
strategiestoconveysequenceand
signalshiftsfromonetimeframeor
settingtoanother(W.7.3.c)
Usesprecisewordsandphrases,
relevantdescriptivedetails,and
sensorylanguagetocapturethe
actionandconveyexperiencesand
events(W.7.3.d)
Demonstratesanunderstandingof
anysourcetext(s)provided
(RL/RI.7)

Thenarrativetechniqueschosenadd
totheaestheticqualityofthe
narrative.
Ideasflowlogicallyfromonetothe
nextwithanobviousintentionaland
artfulselectionoftransitional
strategies.
Thelanguageusedrepresentsan
understandingofthenuancesinword
meaningandtheimpactof
connotationsandimageryonthe
audience.
Athoroughandperceptive
understandingofanysourcematerial
isevidentinthedetailsofthe
narrative.


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Signalsdifferingrelationships
amongideasthroughtheappropriate
useofsimple,compound,complex,
andcompoundcomplexsentences
(L.7.1.b)
Placesphrasesandclauses
appropriatelyinordertoavoid
misplacedordanglingmodifiers
(L.7.1.c)
Usescommastoseparatecoordinate
adjectives(L.7.2.a)
Spellswordscorrectly(L.7.2.b)
Avoidswordinessandredundancy
(L.7.3.a)
Followstheconventionsofstandard
English(L.PK.1L.6.1)

PROGRESS CHECKS
Writing Workshop #1 Date: __________________ Prepared?: ____
Writing Workshop #2 Date: __________________ Prepared?: ____
Writing Workshop #3 Date: __________________ Prepared?: ____
Writing Workshop #4 Date: __________________ Prepared?: ____
Revisions for final scoring not accepted after: ____________________

Final Score and Feedback Sheet

Punctuationandsentencestructureis
artfullyusedtoenhancethedelivery
ofexperiencesandevents.
Adistinctandappropriatevoiceis
revealedthroughaparticularly
effectiveandartfuluseoflanguage.

Final Scores:

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Conventions

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Incomplete(I)

Teacher Comments:
Goals for Writing Development:

FinalScoreDescriptors
Exceedingallcategorystandards
Exceedingmostcategorystandards
Meetingallcategorystandards
Meetingmostcategorystandards
Meetingsomecategorystandardsapproachingsomecategorystandards
Approachingcategorystandards
Performingbelowallcategorystandards
Assignmentwasnotcompleted.