Writing Rubric

Student’s Name Title of Piece : My Odyssey Plan

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Does Not Partially Meets Does Not Fully More Than Meets
Meet Meet Meets Exceeds
CONTENT/IDEAS Writing is Writing is limited Writing does not Writes related, Writing is Writing is confident
extremely limited in communicating clearly quality purposeful and and clearly
in communicating knowledge. Length communicate paragraphs, with focused. Piece focused. It holds
knowledge, with is not adequate for knowledge. The little or no details. contains some the reader’s
no central theme. development. reader is left with details. attention.
questions. Relevant details
enrich writing.
ORGANIZATION Writing is Writing is brief and Writing is confused Uses correct Writing includes a Writing includes a
disorganized and underdeveloped and loosely writing format. strong beginning, strong, beginning,
underdeveloped with very weak organized. Incorporates a middle, and end, middle, and end
with no transitions transitions and Transitions are coherent closure. with some with clear
or closure. closure. weak and closure transitions and transitions and a
is ineffective. good closure. focused closure.
DICTION Careless or Language is trite, Shows some use Uses a variety of Purposeful use of Effective and
inaccurate word vague or flat. of varied word word choice to word choice. engaging use of
choice, which choice. make writing word choice.
obscures meaning. interesting.
IMAGERY Writer’s imagery/ Writer’s Writer’s Writer uses Writer has strong Writes with a
point of view imagery / point imagery / point imagery /point of imagery / point distinct, unique
shows no sense of of view shows of view shows view. Writes with of view. Writing imagery /point
audience. little sense of that sense of the understanding engages the of view. Writing
audience. audience is of a specific audience. is skillfully
vague. audience. adapted
to the audience.
FIGURES OF SPEECH Little to no use of Few integrations Some Uses simple Frequent and Consistent variety
figures of speech in or use of figure of figures of compound, and varied use of of sentence
the essay speech in the speech complex, figure of structure and
essay. are figures of speech. figure of speech
inappropr speech. throughout.
iately
used
CONVENTIONS Parts of speech Inconsistent Occasional errors Maintains Consistent Uses consistent
show lack of agreement between parts of agreement agreement agreement
agreement. between parts of speech. Some between parts of between parts of between parts of
Frequent errors in speech. Many errors in speech. Few speech. Uses speech. No errors
mechanics. Little errors in mechanics. Some errors in correct in mechanics.
or no evidence of mechanics. Limited evidence of mechanics. Applies punctuation, Creative and
spelling strategies. evidence of spelling strategies. basic grade level capitalization, etc. effective use of
spelling strategies. spelling. Consistent use of spelling strategies.
spelling strategies.