Grade 5 Narrative Writing Rubric

Advanced Meets Approaches Not Yet

4 (Distinguished) 3 (Effective) 2 (Approaching) 1 (Not Meeting)
Focus/Setting Responds skillfully to all parts of Responds to all parts of prompt. Responds to most parts of prompt. Responds to few or no parts of
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or prompt. Orients readers by establishing real Establishes real or imagined prompt.
imagined experiences or events using effective technique, Purposefully orients readers by or imagined situation and situation and attempts to introduce Does not establish real or imagined
descriptive details, and clear event sequences. skillfully establishing vivid real or introducing characters and/or characters and/or narrator. situation and does not introduce
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3a: Orient readers by establishing imagined situation and introducing narrator. characters and/or narrator in a
situations and introducing narrators and/or characters; characters and/or narrator. relevant way.
organize event sequences that unfold naturally.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in
which development and organization are appropriate to tasks,
purposes, and audiences.
Organization/Plot Coherently organizes clear event Organizes clear event sequence that Organizes some sequencing but Does not sequence narrative in
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or sequence that unfolds naturally. unfolds naturally. might confuse readers. logical order.
imagined experiences or events using effective technique, Skillfully connects a variety of Uses a variety of transitional words, Uses some transitional words, Uses few or no transitional words,
descriptive details, and clear event sequences. transitional words, phrases, and phrases, and clauses to manage phrases, or clauses to manage phrases, or clauses to manage
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3a: Orient readers by establishing clauses to manage sequence of sequence of events. sequence of events. sequence of events.
situations and introducing narrators and/or characters; events. Provides conclusion that follows Attempts conclusion that may or Conclusion is not attempted or
organize event sequences that unfold naturally. Provides conclusion that clearly from narrated experience or events. may not follow narrated experience discernible.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3c: Use a variety of transitional words, follows from narrated experience or or events.
phrases, and clauses to manage sequences of events. events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3e: Provide conclusions that follow from
narrated experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in
which development and organization are appropriate to tasks,
purposes, and audiences.
Narrative Techniques/Development Uses creative descriptions of Uses pacing and descriptions of Uses minimal or irrelevant Uses few to no descriptions of
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or actions, thoughts, and feelings to actions, thoughts, and feelings to descriptions of actions, thoughts, or actions, thoughts, or feelings to
imagined experiences or events using effective technique, develop experiences and events. develop experiences and events. feelings to describe experiences or describe experiences or events.
descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Uses vivid dialogue to show Uses dialogue to show characters events. Does not use dialogue to support
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3b: Use narrative techniques, such as characters responses to situations. responses to situations. Uses dialogue to support plot. plot.
dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and Uses concrete words and phrases Uses concrete words and phrases Attempts to use concrete words Does not use concrete words or
events or show characters responses to situations. and sensory details to make and sensory details to convey and sensory details to describe sensory details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3d: Use concrete words and phrases experiences and events come to experiences and events precisely. experiences and events.
and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. life.
Language/Conventions Uses purposeful and varied Uses correct and varied sentence Uses some repetitive yet correct Uses few to no correct sentence
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1: Demonstrate command of conventions sentence structures. structures. sentence structures. structures.
of standard English grammar and usage when writing or Demonstrates creativity and Demonstrates grade-level Demonstrates some grade-level Demonstrates limited
speaking. flexibility when using conventions appropriate conventions; errors are appropriate conventions, but errors understanding of grade-level
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2: Demonstrate command of conventions (i.e., grammar, punctuation, minor and do not obscure meaning obscure meaning and readability. appropriate conventions, and errors
of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling capitalization, spelling) to enhance and readability. Uses vague or basic word choices. interfere with meaning and
when writing. meaning and readability. Uses strong, grade-level- readability.
Uses precise, sophisticated word appropriate word choices. Uses incorrect and/or simplistic
choices. word choices.

Denver Public Schools/Adapted from EGUSD CCSSCommon Core State Standards alignment (WWriting strand, LLanguage strand)