Name: _________________________

8th Humanities
Narrative Response Rubric

Learning Target: ​I can write a narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details,
and well-structured event sequences.

Score Criteria

4 ● Clear beginning/exposition, description of setting, and introduction of characters

● Smooth progression of events including rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
● Effective use of dialogue, description, pacing, reflection, and plot to develop characters and conflict
● Precise words and phrases, details, and sensory language
● Effectively describes how characters think and feel
● Very few or no errors in punctuation, formatting, capitalization, and grammar

3 ● Clear beginning/exposition, description of setting, and introduction of at least one character

● Generally smooth progression of events, including rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
● Use of dialogue, description, pacing, reflection, and plot to develop characters and conflict
● Some use of descriptive and precise words and phrases
● Some description of how characters think and feel
● Few errors in punctuation, formatting, capitalization, and grammar

2 ● Introduction of situation, setting and character may be vague

● Progression of events may be jumbled or incoherent - need to pay more attention to pacing and building conflict
● Attempts to use dialogue, description, reflection, and pacing but does may not be precise, meaningful, or effective
● Hardly any description of how characters think and feel
● Hardly any use of descriptive words and phrases
● Frequent errors in punctuation, formatting, capitalization, and grammar

1 ● Response is mostly a summary of events

● Response does not fully introduce conflict, setting, or characters
● Little to no use of dialogue, pacing, and description
● Little to no use of descriptive words and phrases
● Little to no description of how characters think and feel
● Frequent errors in punctuation, formatting, capitalization, and grammar
Name: _________________________
8th Humanities
Narrative Response Rubric

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and
well-structured event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an
event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.C
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another,
and show the relationships among experiences and events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and
events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.E
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.