Grade 9 Instructional Speaking Rubric (Last Revised 5/18/2012)

Aligned to Next Generation West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives for English Language Arts and Literacy Smarter Balanced Claim 2: Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.

NARRATIVE

4 Exemplary Exceeds Standard

The speaker clearly focuses and maintains the narrative, real or imagined, throughout effectively engages and orients the reader by o establishing a setting o setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance o establishing one or multiple point(s) of view o introducing a narrator and/or characters The speaker effectively presents a wellexecuted progression of experiences or events, real or imagined, from beginning to end, so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole that leads to a particular outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth or resolution) effectively and consistently incorporates a variety of transitional strategies presents an effective opening presents a powerful ending that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed or resolved over the course of the narrative The speaker provides thorough and effective elaboration: o details o dialogue o pacing o description o reflection o multiple plot lines effectively uses a variety of narrative techniques that advance the story or illustrate the

3 Adequate Meets Standard

The speaker adequately focuses and generally maintains the narrative, real or imagined, throughout adequately engages and orients the reader by o establishing a setting o setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance o establishing one or multiple point(s) of view o introducing a narrator and/or characters The speaker adequately presents a smooth progression of experiences or events, real or imagined, from beginning to end, so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole that leads to a particular outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth or resolution) adequately incorporates a variety of transitional strategies presents an adequate opening presents an adequate ending that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed or resolved over the course of the narrative The speaker provides adequate elaboration: o details o dialogue o pacing o description o reflection o multiple plot lines adequately uses a variety of narrative techniques that generally advance the story or illustrate the

2 Partial Approaches Standard

The speaker somewhat maintains the narrative, real or imagined, throughout with some minor drift in focus somewhat engages the reader by o establishing a setting o setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance o establishing a point of view o introducing a narrator and/or characters

1 Minimal Begins Standard

The speaker shows an attempt to maintain the narrative, real or imagined, but may provide little or no focus may show an attempt to o establish a setting o set out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance o establish a point of view o introduce a narrator and/or characters but the speech may be very brief, have major drift or be confusing or ambiguous The speaker presents little or no discernible events and experiences, real or imagined, to convey the narrative

Purpose/FocusStatement of

Organization

The speaker presents an inconsistent and uneven progression of experiences or events, real or imagined, from beginning to end with evident flaws that create only a partial sense of unity or completeness inconsistently incorporates basic transitional strategies with little variety presents a weak opening presents a weak conclusion that partially follows from what is experienced, observed or resolved over the course of the narrative The speaker provides uneven and cursory elaboration: o uneven details o limited dialogue o inconsistent pacing o simplistic description o ineffective reflection o simplistic plot lines uses uneven and inconsistent narrative techniques that partially advance the story or illustrate the

incorporates few or no transitional strategies presents little or no opening with extraneous ideas that may intrude does not present a conclusion that follows from what is experienced, observed or resolved over the course of the narrative The speaker provides minimal elaboration, using little or no: o details o dialogue o pacing o description o reflection o plot lines uses little or no narrative techniques that advance the story or illustrate the experience

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