Waggrakine Narrative Writing Rubric
Excellent Achievement
Using a narrative framework students plan
a detailed text including:
 Orientation (Beginning) - who, what,
when, where?
 Problem/s (complication/s) with more
than 1 problem that leads into
Text
another
Structure
 How the characters felt within the
text
 Resolution – how we solved the
problem/s
 Structural elements of the text are
clearly connected
 Detailed description of the characters
developed throughout the text by the
use of description, actions, dialogue
Characters &
and thoughts
Setting
 Elaborate description of setting
developed future throughout the text.
Creating a visual image for the reader
 Uses figurative language devices to
enhance the text for appropriate
purpose and audiences
Language
 Uses a range of simple. Compound
features
and complex sentences to enhance
meaning
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Spelling
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Punctuation
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High Achievement
Satisfactory Achievement
Using a narrative framework students plan
and include:
 Orientation (Beginning) - who, what,
when, where?
 Problem/s (complication/s) with more
than 1 problem that leads into
another
 How the characters felt within the
text
 Resolution – how we solved the
problem/s
 Structural elements of the text are
connected
 Detailed description of the characters
developed throughout the text by the
use of description, actions, dialogue
and experimenting with thoughts
 Detailed description of setting what,
where and when. Setting is then
developed future throughout the text
 Uses adjectives and adverbs to
enhance the text for particular
audiences
 Correctly uses tense through text
 Correctly writes simple, compound
and complex sentences
Using a narrative framework students plan
and include:
 Orientation (Beginning) - who, what,
when, where?
 Sequenced events leading up to the
problem and following on
 Problem (complication) with 1 or 2
relevant possible solutions
 Resolution/Ending – how we solved
the problem
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Spells most words accurately
Applies a range of strategies and
spelling rules
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Correctly uses full stops, capital
letter, question and exclamation
marks, commas, apostrophes
dialogue is correctly punctuated
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Editing
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Handwriting
Consistently edits for meaning,
adding and changing words to
enhance story
Edits and corrects for spelling,
punctuation and grammar
All writing is uniform, correctly
formed, joined, spaced and on the
line
Year 3 Standard
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Spells most words accurately
Uses a bank of know words, letter
patterns and spelling rules
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Correctly uses full stops, capital
letter, comma for lists
Correct use of apostrophes to show
contractions, ownership
Quotation marks used for dialogue
but sometimes omits commas
Edit text for meaning, correcting
sentences if meaning lost
Edits and corrects spelling and
punctuation
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Writes legible, uniform letters
Consistently forms all joined letter
correctly
Consistently leaves spaces between
words and writes on the lone
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Describes characters appearance,
actions and sometimes through
dialogue
Describes setting at the beginning
and then make reference to it
through the story
Limited Achievement
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Uses adjectives, adverbs and
pronouns to enhance text
Tense based language, consistent
throughout narrative (past, present,
future)
Writes simple, compound and some
complex sentences
Sentences make sense
Spells most high frequency/core
words correctly
Spells common letter patterns
correctly
Attempt to use quotation marks
Uses apostrophes to show
contractions
Capitalises proper nouns
Correct use of full stops and capital
letters
Checks text for meaning
Identifies known spelling errors
Identifies boundary punctuation and
capitalisation errors
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write uniformed and legible joined
letters
Correctly forms joined letters
Uses consistent spacing between
words and writes on the line
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Very Low Achievement
Some evidence of narrative
structure, eg a story beginning only
or ‘middle’ with no orientation
Attempts to create a simple
problem with limited relevant
solutions
 Writes a basic text that has few
elements of a narrative
 Some events in sequence
Names and provides a brief
character description
Names and provides a brief
description of setting/time or place
 Characters names provided
 Setting named by not necessarily
described
Uses some adjectives and adverbs
to enhance meaning
May have inconsistent use of tense
Writes simple and compound
sentences, relying on ‘and/and then’
and ‘so’
Write run on sentences
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Correctly spells a small bank of
known and common words
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Correctly spells some simple words
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Use of full stops and capital letters
Makes attempts to use apostrophes
to show contractions
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Inconsistently uses capital letters
and full stops
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Show some evidence of editing
misspelt words, but does not
correct
May attempt to edit full stops and
capital letters
Mostly uses uniformed sized letter
Uses a combination of unjoined and
joined letters
Uses spacing between words
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Little or no attempts to edit work
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Correctly forms most joined letters
Inconsistent size and spacing of
letters
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Developed 2014 by Waggrakine PS teachers from the SCSA judging standards, NAPLAN Narrative Marking Guide, AC English Content Descriptions
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Uses simple familiar vocabulary in
sentences
Writes short simple sentences or
parts of a sentence
Text carries some consistent ideas,
however some maybe irrelevant