th 4 Grade Writing Rubrics Personal Narratives and
th 4 Grade Writing Rubrics Personal Narratives and Expository Writing
What is a rubric? ▪ A means of communicating expectations for an assignment ▪ A way to provide focused feedback on works in progress (drafts) ▪ A tool used to grade your final product FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
Rubric Score 4 Organization • About a personal experience • Responds to prompt • Sentences build upon one another Development of Ideas • Writing has specific details about experience • Catches reader’s attention/keep them interested • Realistic and tells why the experience was important Use of Language • Word choice is vivid and expressive • Few errors in spelling and grammar • Use of interesting sentences FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
Rubric Score 3 Organization • Mostly about a personal experience • Responds well to prompt • Sentences build upon one another and stay on topic most of the time Development of Ideas • Most details explain my experience • Writing is realistic and thoughtful • Writing tells why the experience was important Use of Language • Word choice is specific and concrete • Some errors in spelling and grammar • Use of effective sentences FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
Rubric Score 2 Organization • About a personal experience BUT does not stay on topic • Sentences may not connect to one another • Repetition of words Development of Ideas • Writing has only a few details • Writing may show that I did not understand the prompt • Writing does not communicate why this experience was important Use of Language • Word choice is very general • Some errors in spelling and grammar make my writing hard to understand • Added some awkward sentences FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
Rubric Score 1 Organization • Writing does not focus on a personal experience • Writing does not respond to the prompt • Lots of repetition of words and writing is hard to understand Development of Ideas • Writing has very little details and does not add to the story • I may not have responded to the prompt • Writing is confusing Use of Language • Word choice is vague and/or limited • Many errors in spelling and grammar • Sentences are very awkward or out of control FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
FNES 4 th Grade Writing Team 2014
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