GWINNETT COUNTY LITERACY Writing Rubric
Dec 17, 2015
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