Article Rubric

Criteria 3 pts. 1 pt.

2 pts.
Total

Development: The content is appropriate for the identified Strong Some Little 5
Purpose and purpose and audience. evidence evidence evidence
Audience
Development: The main idea is clear to my reader. Strong Some Little 5
Main Idea evidence evidence evidence

Development: I stay on topic throughout my writing. The Strong Some Little 5

Topic topic is clear and fully developed using evidence evidence evidence
relevant textbased facts, definitions,
concrete details, quotations, or other
examples.
Organization: My introduction grabs the reader’s attention Strong Some Little 5
Introduction and “sets the stage” for the rest of my evidence evidence evidence
writing. I orient the reader by introducing the
topic.
Organization: I used a variety text structures, as Strong Some Little 5
Text evidence evidence evidence
appropriate to the content, to organize my
Structures writing. Examples: chronological order,
cause/effect, problem/solution, description,
and compare/contrast.

Word Choice I used concrete words and phrases, sensory Strong Some Little 5
evidence evidence evidence
details, and domain specific vocabulary to
clearly convey ideas and establish expertise.
Text Features I used a variety of text features (5 or more) Strong Some Little 5
evidence evidence evidence
to add visual interest and support my writing.
Examples: titles/headings, photos with
captions, graphs, charts, maps, bold print,
sidebars, etc.

Conventions I used indented paragraphs appropriately. Strong Some Little 5

evidence evidence evidence
I spelled correctly.
I used punctuation correctly.
I followed capitalization rules.

Notes:
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