Expository Narrative Rubric

Criteria

4 Provides a thoroughly developed sequence of significant events to relate ideas, observations, and/or memories. Includes vivid descriptive language and sensory details that enable the readers to visualize the events or experiences.

3 Provides an adequately organized sequence of significant events to relate ideas, observations, and/or memories. Includes some descriptive language and sensory details that enable the readers to visualize the events or experiences.

Expository text

Provides indepth, relevant, and accurate information.

Provides, adequate, relevant, and accurate information.

Organization

Well-organized using appropriate transitional devices.

Organized using transitional devices.

Mechanics

There are few to no errors in grammar and mechanics.

There are some errors in grammar and mechanics.

Narration

Language use

2 1 Provides a minimally organized sequence of Lacks a significant sequence of events to relate events. ideas, observations, and/or memories. Includes limited descriptive language and Lacks sensory details descriptive that enable the language and readers to sensory details. visualize the events or experiences. May contain limited Provides little to information, no information inaccuracies, or that is relevant irrelevant to the topic. information. Organized using transitional Does not contain devices yet transitional needs to be devices. appropriately used. There are several There are many errors in errors in grammar and grammar and mechanics. mechanics.