Exceeds Expectations: My story has a clear and exciting beginning, detailed middle, and satisfying ending

Meets Expectations: My story has a beginning, middle, and end that make sense

Working Towards: My story is missing a clear beginning, middle, or end

Exceeds Expectations: My characters are interesting and well-described, setting is vivid and clear

Meets Expectations: My characters and setting are described clearly

Working Towards: My characters and setting need more description

Exceeds Expectations: I use lots of interesting adjectives, verbs, and descriptive language

Meets Expectations: I use some good describing words to make my writing interesting

Working Towards: I need to add more describing words to my writing

Exceeds Expectations: I use capital letters, full stops, and other punctuation correctly throughout

Meets Expectations: I use capital letters and full stops correctly most of the time

Working Towards: I need to remember to use capital letters and full stops

Exceeds Expectations: My ideas are very clear, creative, and easy to follow

Meets Expectations: My ideas are clear and make sense to the reader

Working Towards: Some of my ideas are unclear or confusing

Exceeds Expectations: I write in complete sentences with variety and use paragraphs well

Meets Expectations: I write in complete sentences that flow well together

Working Towards: Some of my sentences are incomplete or don't flow well

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