Using Internal and External Traits to Develop a

Character
Name:

4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice

Writing had
Used many
Writing- Used one or two
creative details Writing was
Creativity and imagination to creative
that make the not creative or
Originality: add creative, details about
reader want to original. Did
Writing is original details the character.
read more about not use
creative and about the
the character. imagination.
original character. Showed some
Very original.
imagination.
Writing had
Writing had Writing had
Writing-Ideas: quality details
many details few details
Includes which were Writing had no
that supported that supported
interesting and interesting and details about
the main ideas the main ideas
informative supported the the character.
about the about the
details main ideas about
character. character.
the character.
Writing had a
Writing had a
beginning, a
beginning, a Writing did not
Writing- middle, and an Beginning,
middle, and an have a
Organization: end when middle, and
end when beginning,
Has a describing the end were not
describing the middle, or end
beginning, a character. clear when
character. when
middle, and Writing had describing the
Writing had describing the
an end transitional character.
transitional character.
sentences and
sentences.
flowed smoothly .

4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice

Ideas in logical Most ideas in Some ideas in Ideas not in
Writing-
order. logical order. logical order. logical order.
Overview:
Interesting Details Few details Details did not
Ideas,
details supported the supported the support the
conventions,
supported the main ideas main ideas main ideas
organization,
main ideas about the about the about the
and word about the character. Used character. character.
choice character. Used proper Made 5 to 10 Made more
topic- specific vocabulary. spelling, than 10
vocabulary. Made less than grammar, spelling,
Made no 5 spelling, capitalization, grammar,
spelling, grammar, or punctuation capitalization,
grammar, capitalization, errors. or punctuation
capitalization, or or punctuation errors.
punctuation errors.
errors. Used
personal style
and feeling.
Writing- Made more
Made less than Made up to ten
Spelling and Made only one than ten
five spelling, spelling,
Grammar: or two spelling, spelling,
punctuation, punctuation,
Correct punctuation, or punctuation,
and grammar and grammar
grammar grammar errors. and grammar
errors. errors.
and spelling errors.
Writing showed Emotion and
Writing-
personal style. feelings were Writing had
Voice: Writing had no
Feeling was used to very little
Writing helps feeling or
used to engage communicate feeling or
reader know emotion.
the reader with the who the emotion.
who is talking
the character. character is.

4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice

Writing used
Writer used colorful many
Writing had a
and precise words descriptive
Writing-Word few adjectives Writing did
to create a picture words to
Choice: Used and not have
of the character in describe the
descriptive descriptive adjectives or
the mind of the character. Word
and colorful words. Writing descriptive
reader. Writing choice
language lacked style words.
showed a strong sometimes took
and variety.
vocabulary. away from the
meaning.