Writing
Writing
Writing
Criterion 4 3 2 1 Total
Content The student’s The student’s The student The student’s
writing is writing is writes related, writing does
confident purposeful and quality not clearly
and clearly focused. Piece paragraphs, with communicate
focused. It contains some little or no details. knowledge.
holds the details. The reader
reader’s is left with
attention. questions.
Relevant
details enrich
writing
Organization The student’s The student’s The student The student’s
writing writing includes uses the correct writing is
includes a strong writing format. confused
a strong, beginning, Incorporates a and loosely
beginning, middle, and coherent closure. organized.
middle, and end, with some Transitions
end with clear transitions and are weak and
transitions good closure. closure is
and a focused ineffective.
closure.
Vocabulary The student The student has The student The student
has an a purposeful uses a variety shows some
effective and use of word of word choice use of varied
engaging choice. to make writing word choice.
use of word interesting.
choice.
Sentence The student The student has The student The student
fluency has a a frequent and uses simple has some
consistent varied sentence compound, run-ons or
variety of structure. and complex, fragments.
sentence sentences. Limited variety
structure in sentence
throughout. structure.
Criterion 4 3 2 1 Total
Topic The student The student The student’s The student´s
Sentence clearly states states the main topic is not main topic
the main topic main topic in clearly stated is not clearly
in a complete an opening but the sentence stated.
opening sentence but structure is Sentence
sentence with sentence correct. structure is not
correct sentence structure is not correct.
structure. correct.
Content The student has The student The student has The student
written at leasthas written written at least has attempted
3 supporting at least 3 3 supporting to write
details and all supporting details but only supporting
sentences are ondetails but only 1 sentence is on details but
topic. 2 sentences topic. none are on
are on topic. topic.
Organization The student’s The student’s The student’s The student’s
paragraph has a paragraph is paragraph is paragraph is
topic sentence, missing either missing both missing both
detail sentences the topic topic sentence topic and
in a logical order, sentence or and concluding concluding
and a concluding concluding sentence. Details sentences and
sentence. sentence. are in a logical the details are
Details are in a order. not in a logical
logical order. order.
Spelling There are 0-2 There are 3-4 There are 5-6 There are more
spelling errors. spelling errors. spelling errors. than 6 spelling
errors.
Grammar, The student’s The student’s The student’s The student’s
punctuation paragraph has paragraph has paragraph has paragraph has
and 0-2 errors in 3-4 errors in 5-6 errors in more than
capitalization punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, 6 errors in
capitalization, capitalization, capitalization, punctuation,
and noun-verb and noun-verb and noun-verb capitalization,
agreement. agreement. agreement. and noun-verb
agreement.