Writing Publishing Checklist and Rubric

Here is the checklist of things for students to do for editing and revising before they can "publish" or type their stories.

REVISING

      Do you have at least 5 paragraphs with an introduction/status quo, the problem, try/fails, blocks or escalating events, climax, and a conclusion?

Are your events in order from beginning, middle, and end?

Do you have at least 5 sentences of dialogue?

Do you have 5 precise words from the sensory details posters?

      Make sure you DID NOT use SAID with dialogue!

Do the Precise Words folder

EDITING

Did you indent each paragraph?

      Do you have effective punctuation, capitals, commas, and quotation marks used correctly?

      Are all of your words spelled correctly?

Do the Stop & Go/ Red Light-Green Light folder

Here is the rubric I will grade student's stories on:

Narrative Rubric

	3	2	1	0
1.Correct use of punctuation when forming sentences. L.4.2	0-2 punctuation errors.	3-5 punctuation errors.	6-10 punctuation errors.	More than 10 punctuation errors.
2.  No Fragment or run on sentences L.4.1f	0-1 run-ons or fragment sentences	2-3 run-ons or fragment sentences	4-5 run-ons or fragment sentences	More than 5 run-ons or fragment sentences
3. Correct spelling of 4th grade words L.4.2d	0-3 misspelled words	4-7 misspelled words	8-11 misspelled words	11 or more misspelled words
4. Correct use of capitals at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns L.4.2	0-2 incorrect capital errors	3-4 incorrect capital errors	5-6 incorrect capital errors	7 or more incorrect capital errors
5. Clear description of  setting and changes of settings W.4.3a	Setting of story is easily identified and in transitions	Setting of story is identified with a bit of difficulty.	Unclear setting throughout story	No location of events in story
6. Clear description of  main characters W.4.3b	Main characters described in detail.	Main characters somewhat described.	Vague description of some characters.	Vague description of all main characters.
7. Use of conversation and quotations W.4.3b	Has 3 conversations and uses quotations correctly.	Has 2-3 conservations and has errors using quotation	Has 1 conversations and/ or has many errors using quotation	Didn’t have any conversations and quotations.
8. Clear sequence of events, and order of the story W.4.3	Most events flow from one event to another with clear transition.	Some events flow from one event to another with clear transition.	A few events flow from one event to another with some transition.	The sequence of the story is unclear and events seem out of order
9. Clear conclusion to the story/ problem. W.4.3e	Conclusion has a complete “wrap up” of the events in the story.	Conclusion has a partial “wrap up” of the events in the story.	Story ends abruptly with little or no conclusion.	Doesn’t include a conclusion.
Use of the writing process.W.4.5	Complete use of writing process	Uses most of the writing process	Uses some steps.	Doesn’t use the writing process