6th Grade Rubric for Responding to a Prompt

Student and Assignment: ___________________________________

Mastery (4) Proficient (3) Approaching (2) Emerging (1)

Answering Student correctly Student answers Student attempts Student does

the Prompt answers all parts of one part of the to answer the not answer
the prompt in their prompt correctly in prompt in their the prompt
own words. The their own words own words, but correctly OR
response is well OR the response is the answer is does not
thought out, uses not grade-level confusing OR is answer the
academic appropriate OR not grade-level prompt at all.
language, and fully does not use appropriate.  
explains the academic
student’s claim. language.

Textual Evidence from the Evidence from the Student gives text Student does
Evidence text is given that text is given that evidence to not give text
fully supports the supports the support only part evidence or
student’s answer in student’s answer. of their answer. the text
great detail. evidence does
not match
their answer.

Conventions All punctuation, Most of the There are There are

capitalization, punctuation, numerous errors significant
spelling, and capitalization, in punctuation, errors that
grammar is correct spelling, and capitalization, make the
in the student’s grammar is correct spelling, and student’s
response. in the student’s grammar. response
response. difficult to
understand.

Four Criteria The response has The response has The response has The response
for all four criteria: three criteria. two criteria. has one or no
Answering a Thesis Statement, criteria.
Prompt Answer in Own
Words, Text
Evidence,
Concluding
Sentence