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Language Arts Lesson 4 Summative Rubric

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Topic Sentence There was no The topic The topic
topic sentence. sentence did not sentence was
make sense. written clearly
and made sense.
Paragraphs There were no Paragraphs were Paragraphs were
paragraphs. written, but not written and were
divided correctly. divided correctly.
Punctuation Punctuation was Some correct All punctuation
not evident. punctuation was written
evident. correctly.
Complete There were no There were some All sentences
Sentences complete complete were complete
sentences. sentences. sentences.
Closing Sentence There was no The closing The closing
closing sentence. sentence did not sentence was
make sense. written clearly
and made sense.

This scoring guide would be appropriate for Shawn as well as

the entire class. Shawn is only required to write one paragraph

about a type of food instead of two that the rest of the class is

required. He will be scored the same on that one paragraph as

the rest of the students are scored on two.