Half day In service: Creating a Narrative Rubric 11/22/13

Today we were presented plans for electronic portfolios to be assessed in the "Cloud" through a Google Apps Educator program.  When portfolio pieces are submitted, the ownership of the document will change so that the student may no longer make changes to the document.

After the short presentation, we finalized the language of our Narrative Rubric for grades 9-12.  The result is seen below:

Score	1 -- Novice	1.5	2 -- Apprentice	2.5	3 -- Proficient	3.5	4 – Above Proficient
Structure
Overall	Context/POV introduced		POV developed		POV effective		POV sophisticated
Lead	Action, setting, problem introduced		Action, setting, problem hint at a larger meeting		Context and POV navigate reader to a larger premise		Lead is essential to resolution
Transitions	Shows passage of time		Demonstrating passage of time with details		Contextualize direction		Reveals relationship between cause and effect
Ending	Gives a sense of closure		Develops reflection		Insightful reflection		Sophisticated/insightful reflection on what is experienced, observed, or resolved
Organization	Use paragraphs		Using paragraphs purposefully (with intent)		Progressive sequence and suspense		Creates a coherent whole
Development
Elaboration	Basic description, action, and characters		Descriptive details and sensory language		Details contribute to the characters’ internal live		Language conveys vivid and compelling experiences and events
Craft	Some variation in shape and tone		Applied literary conventions (tone, mood, POV, personification, irony, parody, dialogue, metaphor, etc…)		Effective use of applied literary conventions		Sophisticated use of conventions result in an individual style or voice.
Conventions
Spelling	Interferes with reader understanding		Does not interfere with reader understanding		Few spelling errors		All words spelled correctly
Punctuations	Punctuation errors interfere with reader understanding		Few errors do not interfere with reader understanding		Punctuation helps set a mood, convey meaning, and/or build tension in story		Sophisticated use of punctuation adds to the general meaning of the piece