Endangered Species Non-Fiction Text Rubric
| Story Writing : Endangered Species Non-Fiction Books | |||
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| CATEGORY | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Title | Title is related to the story and topic. | Title is present, but does not appear to be related to the story and topic. | No title. |
| Organization | The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. | The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear. | Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged. |
| Illustrations | Illustrations are colorful and relate to the words on the page. | Illustrations relate to the text on the page. | Illustrations are not present OR they do not relate to the words on the page. |
| Focus on Assigned Topic | Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic. | Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic. | No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic. |
| Accuracy of Facts | Almost all facts presented in the story are accurate. | Most facts presented in the story are accurate (at least 70%). | There are several factual errors in the story. |
| Details | Almost all of the written details were met. | Most of the written details were met, but several were not. | Many requirements were not met. |