World War I Expository Writing Rubric

Complete (5 points)
You used a traditional structure to convey information (chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and differences, posing and answering a question). Your writing showed you understand the difference between fact and opinion as well as key details and extraneous details. You included an introduction and a concluding section or statement. All of your information was accurate.

Almost there (3 points)

You used a traditional structure to convey information, but your structure was inconsistent (chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and differences, posing and answering a question). Your writing showed you understand the difference between fact and opinion or key details and extraneous details. You included an introduction and a concluding section or statement, but one part is stronger than the other. Almost all of your information was accurate with some misunderstandings. You used some grade level appropriate vocabulary and language appropriate for your topic/focus and some basic vocabulary. You had some grammatical errors that did not impact understanding. You had some spelling errors that did not impact understanding. You provided relevant pictures in of your book.

In Progress (1 point)
You did not use a traditional structure to convey information.

Your writing showed you do not understand the difference between fact and opinion as well as key details and extraneous details. You did not provide and introduction or a concluding section or statement. Most of your information was incorrect and/or misinterpreted. You mostly used basic vocabulary and terms or did not use any grade level appropriate vocabulary and language appropriate for your topic/focus. You had several grammatical errors that impacted understanding. You had several spelling errors that impacted understanding. You provided relevant pictures in less than of your book.

You used mostly grade level appropriate vocabulary and language appropriate for your topic/focus. You did not have any grammatical errors. You did not have any spelling errors. You provided a relevant picture on each page of your book.

Total:

/40