POW

Paragraph Of the Week

What is it? ~ This year in Language Arts we will begin with
POW (paragraph a week) writing. Paragraph a week is a weekly
assignment that will be given out each Monday and is due Friday.

What Will I be writing? ~ POW assignments will be about

all different things! It could be a news story, opinion, narrative,
explanation, etc.

What do I have to do? ~

You will have to develop a topic into a detailed paragraph. You will be
using one notebook that will be your journal.. On Monday you will be
using the left page of your journal to brainstorm ideas and develop
your rough copy. The right side is for your finished paragraph.

Is this Graded? ~ POW assignments will be marked using

the rubric attached.

Can I do this in class? ~ Time will be given to work on

the rough copy during class, however, POW does need to be completed
at home. We will be working on activities that go along with the POW
each week in class.

If you have any questions please email me

Carolyn.mccull ough@nbed.nb.ca

Rubric/ Marking Sheet

Nailed IT
3
On the Level
2
Under
Construction
1
Work In
Progress

Complete sentences, topic sentence, at least 3 supporting

details with evidence sentence, closing sentence, vivid
adjectives and verbs, engaging beginning, a great deal of varied
sentence structure, correct punctuation, correct spelling, neat
legible, on topic.
Complete sentences, topic sentence, 3 supporting details with
evidence sentence, adjectives, engaging beginning, some varied
sentence structure, closing sentence, correct punctuation,
correct spelling, neat and legible, on topic.
Mostly complete sentences, topic sentence, 3 supporting details
which may contain evidence sentence, closing sentence, may or
may not include adjectives and engaging beginning a few varied
sentence structure, mostly correct punctuation and correct
spelling, somewhat neat and legible, somewhat on topic.
Some complete sentences, may or may not contained the
following: topic sentence, 3 supporting details with evidence
sentence, interesting word choice, engaging beginning, varied
sentence structure, closing sentence, incorrect punctuation,
incorrect spelling, not really neat or legible, off topic,