Writing Rubric (5th Grade) Secondary
Outstanding Logrado
AD
 The text includes all the required
content and additional
Content information/details.
 The communicative purpose (Ex.
sharing information about a
friend) is fully achieved.
 The text is easily understood by
Communicative
the reader.
achievement
 The ideas follow a logical
sequence.
 Includes the correct structure of
Organization the text.
 The sentences use the required
vocabulary from the unit and
Use of English additional vocabulary.
Grammar and  There are no errors in
Vocabulary punctuation, capitalization or
spelling.
In-Progress
A B
 The text includes all the
required content.
 The communicative purpose
(Ex. sharing information
about a friend) is reasonably
achieved.
 The text is understood by the
reader. Very few parts are
difficult to follow.
 The ideas mostly follow a
logical sequence.
 Includes the correct
structure of the text almost
fully.
 The sentences use the
required vocabulary from the
unit.
 There are few errors in
punctuation, capitalization or
spelling.
Beginner
 The text includes most of the
required content.
 The communicative purpose
(Ex. sharing information about
a friend) is barely achieved.
 The text is not really
understood by the reader.
Some parts are difficult to
follow.
 Some ideas don’t follow a
logical sequence.
 The structure of the text is not
fully present.
 The sentences use some of the
required vocabulary from the
unit.
 There are some errors in
punctuation, capitalization or
spelling.
Score
C
 The text includes little or none
of the required content.
 The communicative purpose
(Ex. sharing information about
a friend) is not achieved.
 The text is not understood by
the reader. Most parts are
difficult to follow.
 Most ideas don’t follow a
logical sequence.
 The structure of the text is not
present.
 The sentences use little of the
required vocabulary from the
unit .
 There are several major errors
in punctuation, capitalization
or spelling.