Points 5 or 4 Points 3 or 2 Point 1 Paper uses good Paper has simplistic word Paper has too word choice and choice and some words are simplistic word choice Style/Voice some varied wording at times repetitive and is far too repetitive Sentence Crafts easy-to-follow Simple sentences work but Sentences are Structure/ sentences; may may have trouble with more incomplete, rambling, effectively use complicated structures; or confusing; may have Fluency/ fragments and/or sentences are trouble understanding dialogue to enhance understandable but may be how words and Word the story; some choppy, rambling, or sentences fit together. Choice variation of sentence awkward. lengths and patterns. Conventions The writer makes That writer makes several Writer makes some errors in errors in grammar or spelling significant errors which grammar or spelling that distracts the reader make it difficult, if not that distracts the from the content. impossible, to discern reader from the the sense of the content. narrative.
Points 5 or 4 Points 3 or 2 Point 1 Style/Voice Paper uses good word choice and some varied wording Paper has simplistic word choice and some words are at times repetitive Paper has too simplistic word choice and is far too repetitive Sentence Structure/ Fluency/ Word Choice Crafts easy-to-follow sentences; may effectively use fragments and/or dialogue to enhance the story; some variation of sentence lengths and patterns. Simple sentences work but may have trouble with more complicated structures; sentences are understandable but may be choppy, rambling, or awkward. Sentences are incomplete, rambling, or confusing; may have trouble understanding how words and sentences fit together. Conventions The writer makes some errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. That writer makes several errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. Writer makes significant errors which make it difficult, if not impossible, to discern the sense of the narrative.