Rubric for Informal Writing Pieces

Informal Writing Pieces will be graded according to how well students followed teacher instruction. All informal writing pieces are worth five points. If all parts of assignment are complete, the student will receive full credit. For every missing component to the assignment, one point will be deducted until the score reaches 2 points. If the student misses three components, he will be required to re-do the assignment for partial credit, bringing his score up to 3 points.

The Following are Informal Writing Pieces:

Free-writing/ Journaling

QQR Handout

Fairytale Handout

Symbolism Writing and Visualizing

Metaphor Writing and Visualizing

Fairytale Presentation Rubric

Category Participation	5 All students equally participated in sharing their fairytale with the class.	4 Student participated, but not as much as other members in the group.	3 Student did not participate in the fairytale.
Engagement	Student acted out their part in the fairytale with enthusiasm or interest.	Student read his part but appeared uninterested in the story.	Student did not complete part of story, was lost in story, or showed a general disconnect from story time.