JRN 300 Final Montmartre Feature Grading Matrix
Student Name:
| Approach to the story | Really creative – You told the story in a unique, even surprising, way that was appropriate to the content and tone of the story |
/3 |
| Interesting – You didn’t just present the story; you told it in a way that was different and creative, while it was still appropriate to the content and tone | ||
| Predictable – You told the story in a way that was typical and … predictable; think of how you could be more creative | ||
| CP Style | Perfect – No mistakes |
/3 |
| Excellent – Under 6 mistakes | ||
| Good – 6-10 mistakes | ||
| Over 10 mistakes – 0 | ||
| Lede to nutgraph | Awesome – This most important part of your story grabs your readers and makes them absolutely have to read your story to the end |
/3 |
| Excellent – This most important part of your story intrigues your reader and pulls them into the story; for sure, they are going to read the rest | ||
| Good – The most important part of your story gets readers pretty darn interested; they will definitely read on t…unless there’s something good on TV | ||
| Characters | Fabulous – The perfect people to tell the story through; I know what they look like; I know how they think: I know what they are passionate about; I really care about them; I may want to marry them |
/3 |
| Excellent – A very good choice for telling this story; they are interesting and compelling; I have a good picture of them and a good understanding of who they are as people; I care about them quite a bit | ||
| Nice – You main character is nice; they are a bit ordinary but they are nice; I have an idea of what they are like as people but not enough to make me really care what happens to them. | ||
| Storytelling | Fantastic – Great storytelling; your story has a beginning, middle and end; there is a strong story arch including tension and resolution; the story sweeps the reader off their feet and carries them along to the resolution | |
| Excellent – Your story has tension and resolution that are well developed and carry the reader along | ||
| Pretty good – there’s definitely a story in there; there’s a beginning, middle, end; but the tension isn’t very well developed so the resolution is not very satisfying |
| Description | Awesome – You painted a picture of the key elements, places, people in the story; description is totally relevant and makes the environment almost like a character in the story |
/3 |
| Really good – Reader knows what the people and places in your story look like and feel like; the description contributes to the story | ||
| Okay – There is some description but it doesn’t seem very relevant to the story; it doesn’t advance the story; seems like it was added on just to have description | ||
| Quotes | Awesome – Funny, poignant, moving, riveting; they totally make your story come alive with voices that reveal the innermost thoughts, dreams, fears of the people in the story, |
/3 |
| Excellent – Colourful; the quotes add voices of people the reader cares about; the reader comes to know the thoughts and feelings of the characters and learn how they are impacted by the story and how it is significant for them. | ||
| Good – your quotes give voice to the characters in your story but what they say is kind of predicable and doesn’t add very much to the story | ||
| Research | Amazine – Everything I need to know to understand the context and significance of the story are included; I learned new and interesting stuff about the world; there are lots of juicy little nuggets of research in your story that appear at just the right time to light up a paragraph |
/3 |
| Really good – All my questions are answered; I understanding the context and details of the story; I learned cool things reading your story | ||
| Okay – There are some unanswered questions; your story needs more juicy bits to liven it up and fill in the gaps in the readers’ knowledge; you may have forgotten that the reader isn’t an expert on the story the way you are | ||
| Transitions and Ending | Smooth and satisfying – the paragraphs flow together seamlessly and the ending summarizes and pulls together the whole story nicely, possibly by replaying the lede idea |
/3 |
| Pretty good – some transitions are a bit choppy but generally the story flows; the ending pulls the story together | ||
| Pretty choppy in some parts and the ending leave the reader kind of hanging there wondering why they read the whole story | ||
| Publishable? | Absolutely |
/3 |
| One more draft required | ||
| More research and another draft required | ||
| TOTAL | /30 |