2nd grade Instructional Guide

Narrative Writing Rubric 2 nd Grade

Score

Statement of Purpose / Focus and Organization (3-point rubric)

Conventions/Editing (3 point rubric)

The response adequately: ●​ Retells an event(s) ●​ Sequences events ●​ Details are included to describe

The response demonstrates command of the conventions ●​ Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ●​ Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ●​ Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ●​ Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ●​ Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns ●​ Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ●​ Use common adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and determiners ●​ Use end punctuation for sentences ●​ Use punctuation to separate items in a series ●​ Use and form the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs ●​ Use an apostrophe with possessives The response demonstrates partial command of the conventions ●​ Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ●​ Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ●​ Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ●​ Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ●​ Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns ●​ Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ●​ Use common adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and determiners ●​ Use end punctuation for sentences ●​ Use punctuation to separate items in a series ●​ Use and form the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs ●​ Use an apostrophe with possessives

o ​ Emotions o ​ Thoughts o ​ Actions ●​ Temporal words are used with sequential order ●​ Complete simple sentences

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●​ Complete compound sentences ●​ Provides a concluding statement

The response partially; ●​ Retells an event(s) ●​ Sequences events ●​ Details are included to describe

o ​ Emotions o ​ Thoughts o ​ Actions ●​ Temporal words are used with sequential order ●​ Complete simple sentences

2

●​ Complete compound sentences ●​ Provides a concluding statement

The response has minimal to no: ●​ Events ●​ Details ●​ Temporal words ●​ Complete sentences ●​ No concluding statement ●​ Illegible

The response demonstrates minimal command of conventions:

●​ Errors in usage may obscure meaning ●​ Inconsistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

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