Novel Writing Rubric Name___________________________________ Number_____

Total score _______/50

Points Above the standard - Met Standard (40-45 points) Didn’t Quite
Best! (46 or more) 80-90% Meet It.
Wow! 25-39
79 and below

4 AP+ My novel is 1000 My novel is about ​500 ​words.

words or more.

3 My novel is in ​paragraphs​. Not just one long

one.
6 I have described more My novel has at least one section where I
than one character and describe a character​ with several sentences.
the setting.

8 My novel has plot events, which lead from a

conflict to a resolution​.**

4 My novel has ​dialogue​. Each time another

person speaks, there is a new paragraph. I
tried to use quotation marks.

8 My novel ​makes sense ​and my reader can

understand the story. It was written in English,
not translated.**
8 My novel has a ​beginning, middle, and
end​.**
4 I have one or more of My novel has figurative language because I
each of these we have have used at least ​one simile, metaphor or
learned. personification​.

5 I am advanced in my My novel has been ​proofread and edited for

punctuation skills. I spelling, grammar and punctuation​. I have
even learned how to corrected many of the spellings. Each
punctuate the sentence ends with a period or question
dialogues. mark. The teacher may have to put the
quotation marks in the dialogue properly.
Student comments

Teacher comments

**Most important characteristics. If you do these things the others will be easier.