Rubric for Folk Tale, Fable, Myth, or Legend
Student Name:
Criteria 1 2
No language is used to
Beginning indicate that the tale or
legend is about to begin.
Narrative
There is no sense of story.
format
Characters with The character(s) are listed
easily identified but not described with
traits detail.
No language is used to
Ending indicate that the tale or
legend is finished.
There is no reference to a
Moral lesson or moral in the tale
or legend
Story contains few of the
four story elements
Story Elements
(setting, characters,
problem, solution)
Grammatical and/or
Conventional spelling mistakes interfere
form with the ability to
understand the story
Pts. Poss. 50
3
There is an opening There is a traditional
statement, but it beginning which
does not reflect indicates that this is
traditional folk tale a traditional folk tale
or legend format. or legend.
There is a clear
There is some
sense of story with
sense of story, but
transition words to
the story does not
facilitate the
flow clearly from
understanding of the
beginning to end.
listener/reader.
The characters are
The characters are
described with
described with detail
detail, but the
and the traits are
traits are not
evident and easily
clearly understood
understood to
or do not add to
represent key parts
the understanding
of the story.
of the story.
There is a traditional
ending which leaves
There is some the listener/reader
sense of an ending. with a clear
understanding of the
story.
There is a clear
There is some
moral or lesson that
reference to a
is easily understood
moral or lesson,
and can be restated
but it is not easily
by the
understood.
listener/reader.
Story contains
Story contains all
some of the four
the four story
story elements
elements (setting,
(setting,
characters, problem,
characters,
solution)
problem, solution)
There are some
grammatical and/or
spelling mistakes, The folk tale/legend
but they do not has been carefully
interfere with the edited and is ready
ability to for publication.
understand the
story.