The Creative Story Rubric

Instructions​: Use the following Rubric to help guide you in self assessment. Pay special
attention to the first column prior to assessing each section.

Standards Approaching Meets Exceeds

History The Creative Story The Creative Story The Creative Story
To self and peer adds ​few (3) adds ​several (5) adds ​numerous (6+)
assess, use the historical details of historical details of historical details of
biographical Google the Nazi policy of the Nazi policy of the Nazi policy of
Slide and graphic racial purity and the racial purity and the racial purity and the
organizer to human cost of war human cost of war human cost of war
determine how many through the through the through the
historical details were perspective of the perspective of the perspective of the
included in the story. historical figure historical figure historical figure
chosen. chosen. chosen.

ELA The Creative Story The Creative Story The Creative Story
To self or peer relates the sequence relates the sequence relates the sequence
assess, use the of events from the of events from the of events from the
graphic organizer and perspective of the perspective of the perspective of the
biographical Google historical figure and historical figure and historical figure and
slide to guide you. uses ​some​ sensory uses ​each​ of the uses ​multiple
Then, determine how details (sight, sound, sensory details (sight, sensory details (sight,
many sensory details touch and smell) and sound, touch and sound, touch, taste
are in the story. general actions, smell) and specific and smell) and
Finally, to help guide movements, gestures actions, movements, specific actions,
you, answer the and feelings of the gestures and feelings movements, gestures
question: Does the character. It ,ay not of the character. It and feelings of the
story have the use interior uses interior figure. It uses
historical figure monologue (“I” monologue (“I” superior interior
completing actions, statements) to depict statements) to depict monologue (“I”
gestures, and tell you the figure’s feelings. the figure’s feelings. statements) to depict
how they feel/felt in the figure’s feelings.
the situation? Were
they specific or more
general?

ELD The Creative Story The Creative Story The Creative Story
To self or peer uses ​less than​ 5 uses ​at least​ 5 uses ​6 or more
assess, use the vocabulary words vocabulary words vocabulary words
vocabulary sheet you accurately and in accurately and in accurately and in
have been given to context of the context of the context of the
determine how many historical figure’s historical figure’s historical figure’s
vocabulary words perspective. perspective. perspective.
were used in the
story. Are they used
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in context
(appropriately)?