| Criteria |
1 – Not Meeting Expectations |
2 – Approaching Expectations |
3 – Meeting Expectations |
4 – Exceeding Expectations |
| Establish characters, setting, and situation at the beginning. |
The characters, setting, and situation are not clearly established. |
The characters, setting, and situation are somewhat established. |
The characters, setting, and situation are adequately established. |
The characters, setting, and situation are effectively and creatively established. |
Develop the action with dialogue between Milo and your character to show the following:
- how your character’s ideas about school and learning challenge Milo’s;
- the characters’ responses to each other’s ideas.
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The dialogue does not effectively show the characters’ conflicting ideas about school and learning. |
The dialogue somewhat shows the characters’ conflicting ideas about school and learning. |
The dialogue effectively shows the characters’ conflicting ideas about school and learning. |
The dialogue creatively and convincingly shows the characters’ conflicting ideas about school and learning. |
| Alternate between dialogue and description to develop setting, characters, and conflict. |
There is little or no alternation between dialogue and description. |
There is some alternation between dialogue and description, but it is not consistent or effective. |
There is adequate alternation between dialogue and description to develop setting, characters, and conflict. |
There is effective and creative alternation between dialogue and description to develop setting, characters, and conflict. |
| Provide an ending that reveals new learning or understanding that Milo gains as a result of this interaction. |
The ending does not effectively reveal new learning or understanding for Milo. |
The ending somewhat reveals new learning or understanding for Milo. |
The ending adequately reveals new learning or understanding for Milo. |
The ending effectively and convincingly reveals new learning or understanding for Milo. |
Incorporate wordplay with the meaning of your character’s name and the meaning of abandon by doing the following:
- describe character and setting.
- Develop your character’s ideas about school and learning.
- Show what Milo learns from the interaction.
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There is little or no incorporation of wordplay with the meaning of the character’s name and abandon. |
There is some incorporation of wordplay with the meaning of the character’s name and abandon, but it is not consistent or effective. |
There is adequate incorporation of wordplay with the meaning of the character’s name and abandon. |
There is effective and creative incorporation of wordplay with the meaning of the character’s name and abandon. |
| Correctly format and punctuate dialogue. |
The dialogue is not correctly formatted and punctuated. |
The dialogue is somewhat correctly formatted and punctuated. |
The dialogue is adequately correctly formatted and punctuated. |
The dialogue is effectively and consistently correctly formatted and punctuated. |
| Include and correctly punctuate at least one interjection, tag question, and noun of direct address in the dialogue, editing as needed. |
There is no inclusion or correct punctuation of interjection, tag question, or noun of direct address in the dialogue. |
There is some inclusion and correct punctuation of interjection, tag question, or noun of direct address in the dialogue, but it is not consistent or effective. |
There is adequate inclusion and correct punctuation of interjection, tag question, or noun of direct address in the dialogue. |
There is effective and creative inclusion and correct punctuation of interjection, tag question, or noun of direct address in the dialogue. |