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A rubric to use for grading creative writing assignments including poetry.

Writers' Workshop short narrative

A narrative paragraph tells a story. A narrative paragraph uses time order therefore, time order transitions must be used.

A paragraph is a group of sentences developing one topic. This rubric will assess how well students develop the topic and support main ideas within a written paragraph.

Students will create a poetry book that will include 5 original poems: 1 Cinquain, 1 Simile, 1 Metaphor, 1 Haiku and 1 Acrostic with alliteration. At least one poem will be presented orally. Your poetry book must also include an introductory "Dear Reader" letter explaining why the student picked his/her theme and 2 paragraphs reflecting on discussing the project pros and cons. Students will also include some type of art form (original or otherwise) that best represents the poetry book theme.

Use this rubric to help you critique your lab report so that you may get the highest score possible.

This rubric is to be used to assess a student's final copy of a newspaper article.

A paragraph is a group of sentences developing one topic. This rubric will assess how well students develop the topic and support main ideas within a written paragraph.

Compare the events leading up to the Revolution with events leading up to a different American war.

Used to grade homework assignments & short answer quiz questions

Each song must have a paragraph to accompany it. You must clearly explain how each song would represent the Colonial sentiments leading up to the Revolutionary War.