Rubric for Writing Grade 1
Writing is scored on a 4-point scale using the following criteria
FLUENT WRITER = 4
- Creative approach or interpretation of topic
- Sense of voice and audience are evident
- Story/message has clear beginning, middle and end
- Organization is consistent throughout the writing
- May include supportive details, descriptive language and interesting vocabulary
- Sentences are varied in length and pattern
- Demonstrates control of simple conventions of punctuation, capitalization and spelling patterns
DEVELOPING WRITER = 3
- Demonstrates sense of purpose (mode)
- Most ideas focus on topic
- Has an apparent beginning, middle and end
- May begin to vary sentence patterns and length
- Evidence of literary language; may attempt to use describing words
- May attempt dialogue
- Generally demonstrates control of simple conventions of punctuation, capitalization and spelling patterns.
EMERGING WRITER = 2
- Attempts to address the purpose (mode)
- Awareness of the topic, but may not include loosely related material
- Message conveys complete thought(s)
- Sense of story may emerge
- Sentences are generally short and simple
- Awareness of conventional spelling patters that may not always be used correctly
- Temporary/invented spelling is logical
- Attempts use of capitalization and punctuation
PREWRITER = 1
- Evidence of message not always present in writing (message may be dictated by student or indicated through drawing)
- May use single letters, one-word label or phrase or an occasional complete thought
- Little evidence of sounds/symbol correspondence or relationship between the writings and drawings
- Uses strings of letters or numbers, or copies word from the classroom surroundings
- May use high frequency words (the, I, my, is, etc.)
- May include beginning attempts with invented/temporary spelling
Writing Rubric (Grades 2-4)
Writing is scored on a 4-point scale using the following criteria
4=
- Focuses on the topic, clearly addresses the purpose (mode), has ample supporting details
- Has a logical structure that flows naturally with a beginning, middle and end
- Has a sense of wholeness
- Has an effective use of language with a variety of words and sentence patterns
- Shows an awareness of word usage and spelling patterns in commonly used words
- Exhibits the use of capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns
- Contains correct punctuation
- (A four-point response may go beyond the requirements of the prompt)
3=
- Relates to the topic and generally addresses the purpose (mode)
- Contains adequate supporting details
- Has a logical order with an apparent beginning, middle and end, although some lapses may occur
- Has generally adequate word choices and sentences which are mostly complete
- Shows an awareness of word usage and spelling patterns in commonly used words
- May have occasional word usage, spelling, and punctuation errors that do not interfere with the message
- Has correct capitalization at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns.
2=
- Attempts to address the purpose (mode)
- Demonstrates an awareness of the topic, but may include extraneous or loosely related material
- Includes some supporting details
- Shows an attempt at organizing the paper around a beginning, middle and end
- Uses limited vocabulary and has word usage and spelling errors that interfere with the message
- Shows knowledge of capitalization at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns
- Shows knowledge of the conventions of punctuation
1=
- May or may not attempt to address the purpose (mode)
- Offers few details and is only slightly related to the topic
- Exhibits little or no evidence of an organizational structure; the beginning, middle or end of the response may be poorly defined or nonexistent
- Uses limited or inappropriate vocabulary that obscures meaning
- Has gross errors in sentence structure, word usage and spelling that impede communication
- Has frequent and blatant errors in capitalization at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns
- Has frequent and blatant errors in basic punctuation
NS=
An N/S (not scorable) is assigned if there is no response or if the response is unreadable, illegible, off task or written in a language other than English.
