GWINNETT COUNTY LITERACY

Writing Rubric

(DO THEY ANSWER THE QUESTION AND HOW WELL DO THEY DO IT?)

·  ENTIRE QUESTION IS ANSWERED· MAIN POINTS STAND OUT· IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION

· SUPPORTING DETAILS ARE RELEVANT AND DETAILED

· WOW

Focus and Development Level 5

·  ENTIRE QUESTION IS ANSWERED.

· TOPIC IS COMPLETELY EXPLAINED, BUT LACKS

DETAIL· DETAILS SUPPORT, BUT MAY

NOT ALL BE RELEVANT· WELL DONE

 

Focus and Development Level 4

·  MOST OF THE TOPIC HAS BEEN ADDRESSED

· INCLUDES DETAILS OR EXPLANATIONS BUT MAY NOT

ALL BE RELEVANT· MAIN POINTS ARE CLEAR, BUT

DON’T STAND OUT.· AVERAGE

 

Focus and Development Level 3

· TOPIC IS FOCUSED, BUT NOT DEVELOPED OR VICE VERSA· SOME OF THE TOPIC HAS

BEEN ADDRESSED· DETAILS ARE UNEVEN AND

LACK DEPTH· OK, BUT NOT PASSING

 

Focus and Development Level 2

· LITTLE OR NO FOCUS OR DEVELOPMENT.

· FEW OR NO DETAILS TO SUPPORT.

· NOT ENOUGH WRITTEN· NEEDS SERIOUS WORK

Focus and Development Level 1

·   USES INVISIBLE TRANSITIONS

· FLAWLESS INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION.

· COMPELLING THESIS STATEMENT AND TOPIC

SENTENCES· WOW

Organization Level 5

· USES GOOD TRANSITIONS· GREAT INTRO &

CONCLUSION.· ALL OF THE POINTS

OUTLINED ARE ADDRESSED.· WELL DONE

 

Organization Level 4

·  TYPICAL ; INTRO, CONCLUSION, BODY

PARAGRAPHS.· TYPICAL TRANSITIONS (FIRST, IN CONCLUSION,

LASTLY)· AVERAGE

 

Organization Level 3

· FEW OR NO TRANSITIONS.· INTRO OR CONCLUSION MAY

BE MISSING OR SPARSE.· ELEMENTARY TRANSITIONS

(FIRST, SECOND, THIRD)· INTRO & CONCLUSION ARE

TOO SIMILAR· NOT PASSING

Organization Level 2

· NO REAL TRANSITIONS· NO REAL INTRO OR

CONCLUSION· INTRO & CONCLUSION

ARE THE SAME· NEEDS SERIOUS WORK

Organization Level 1

· USES BIG KIDS SENTENCES AND VOCABULARY

· THE AUDIENCE IS CLEAR.· USES A COMBINATION OF

COMPLEX, COMPOUND, AND SIMPLE SENTENCES (FEWER

SIMPLE)· WOW

Fluency Level 5

·USES MOSTLY BIG KID SENTENCES AND A FEW

INTERESTING VOCABULARY WORDS

· AUDIENCE IS CLEAR· USES A COMBINATION OF COMPLEX, COMPOUND AND

SIMPLE SENTENCES (MOSTLY COMPOUND)· WELL DONE

Fluency Level 4

·  · USES TYPICAL VOCABULARY.

· AUDIENCE IS MOSTLY CLEAR· USES A COMBINATION OF SENTENCES, BUT RELIES

HEAVILY ON SIMPLE SENTENCES.· AVERAGE

Fluency Level 3

·  LANGUAGE IS ELEMENTARY AND WRONG WORDS ARE USED IN

SEVERAL PLACES.·  AUDIENCE IS UNCLEAR

· MOST OF THE SENTENCES ARE SIMPLE

· THE WRITER REPEATS WORDS OR PHRASES A FEW TIMES.

·  NOT PASSING 

Fluency Level 2

·CHOICE OF WORDS IS AWKWARD AND/OR THE

WRITER REPEATS WORDS OR PHRASES.

· SENTENCES ARE ALL SIMPLE· WORDS AND SENTENCES ARE NOT CLEAR AND MAKE LITTLE

SENSE.· NEEDS SERIOUS WORK

 

Fluency Level 1

· USES ADVANCED PUNCTUATION CORRECTLY

(COLON, SEMI-COLON, HYPHEN)

· ONE OR TWO GRAMMAR ERRORS

· NO EDITING IS NEEDED· WOW

ConventionsLevel 5

·  USES ADVANCED PUNCTUATION, BUT MAY NOT

ALWAYS BE CORRECT.· HAS A FEW GRAMMAR

ERRORS, BUT THEY DON’T INTERFERE W/ THE READING.

· MAY NEED A LITTLE EDITING.· WELL DONE

ConventionsLevel 4

· NO ADVANCED PUNCTUATION

· A FEW GRAMMAR ERRORS, BUT THE MAIN POINT IS

OBVIOUS.· EDITING IS DEFINITELY

NEEDED· AVERAGE

ConventionsLevel 3

· ERRORS MAKE THE PAPER DIFFICULT TO READ

· MEANING IS UNCLEAR BECAUSE OF THE ERRORS.

· NO ADVANCED PUNCTUATION· EDITING EXTREMELY

NECESSARY.· NOT PASSING

ConventionsLevel 2

·  ERRORS MAKE THE PAPER DIFFICULT TO READ

· MEANING IS UNCLEAR BECAUSE OF THE ERRORS.

· NO ADVANCED PUNCTUATION· ESSAY IS BARELY ABLE TO BE

READ .. ALMOST UNCOMPREHENSIBLE

· NOT PASSING

ConventionsLevel 1