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(Developing,Meeting,orExceeding)

5thGradeNonfiction(Informative)Rubric2nd/4thQuarter
DEVELOPING
(1)Introductionoftopicortextisunclear.

MEETING
(2)Introductionoftopicortextisclear.

EXCEEDING

(3)Introductionoftopicortextisclearand catchesreadersattention. (1)Groupsrelatedinformation;include (2)Groupsrelatedinformationlogically; (3)Groupsrelatedinformationlogically; formatting(e.g.,headings),illustrations,and includeformatting(e.g.,headings), includecomplexformatting(e.g.,headings), multimediawhenusefultoaid illustrations,andmultimediawhenusefulto illustrations,&multimediawhenusefultoaid comprehension. aidcomprehension. comprehension. (1)Developsthetopicwithfacts,definitions, (2)Developsthetopicwithfacts,definitions, (3)Developsthetopicwithcomplexfacts, concretedetails,quotations,orexamples concretedetails,quotations,orother definitions,concretedetails,quotations,or relatedtothetopicinownwords. informationandexamplesrelatedtothetopic otherinformationandexamplesrelatedtothe inownwords. topicinownwords. (1)Linksideaswithincategoriesof (2)Linksideaswithinandacrosscategories (3)Linksideaswithinandacrosscategories informationusingwordsandphrases. ofinformationusingwords(e.g.,incontrast, ofinformationusingavarietyofwords, especially),phrases,and/orclauses. phrases,and/orclauses. (1)Useslanguageanddomainspecific (2)Usespreciselanguageanddomain (3)Usespreciseandeloquentlanguageand vocabularytoinformaboutorexplainthe specificvocabularytoinformaboutorexplain domainspecificvocabularytoinformabout topicinownwords. thetopicinownwords. orexplainthetopicinownwords. (1)Providesaconcludingstatementorsection (2)Providesaconcludingstatementorsection (3)Providesawelldevelopedconcluding unrelatedtotheinformationpresented. relatedtotheinformationpresented. statementorsectionrelatedtothe informationpresented. (1)Completessomecomponentsofthe (2)Completesallcomponentsofthewriting (3)Completesallcomponentsofthewriting writingprocess. process(prewritingwithnotetaking,first processusingmultipleresourcesinatimely draft,share/revise,edit,publish)using manner. multiplesources. (1)Usessomecompletesentencesandsome (2)Usesallcompletesentencesandsome (3)Useswelldevelopedsentencesofvarying paragraphing. paragraphingthroughout. lengthsandstructuresandcorrect paragraphingthroughout. (1)Partsofthepaperareneatandlegible. (2)Entirepaperisneatandlegible. ***Oncemeeting,theskillismastered. (1)Staysontopicthroughoutmostofthe (2)Staysontopicthroughouttheentire (3)Elaboratesontopicthroughoutthe paper. paper. entirepaper. (1)Writingreflectssomequarterly (2)Writingreflectsallquarterlyconventions (3)Writingreflectsallgradelevel conventionsmastered. mastered. conventionsmastered. *StudentswhodonotmeetDevelopingmayreceiveazeroscoreforthatparticulararea.Makenoteofthezerointhelefthandmargin.

OrganizationandFocus

Informative

Directions:Circletheappropriatescoreforeachrow.Addthescoresinparenthesis()andusethefollowingScoringGuide. TOTALScore__________ Developing(021) Meeting(2228) Exceeding(2932) JoplinSchoolsWritingCommittee RevisedAugust9,2011

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