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Character Trait Paragraph Character Trait Paragraph (IPICK Book) Students will be able to write a paragraph describing characters in a story and explain how characters’ actions affect the order of events using evidence from the text. Rubric Code: EXW86A6 By hadewitt Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Character Traits
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Title and Character	Poor Story title and character are not named.	Fair Only the story title or character is named.	Good Only the story title or character is named.	Excellent Story title and character are named.
Character	Poor The paragraph does not define the character and his/her traits. No adjectives are used.	Fair The paragraph does not clearly define the character and his/her traits. Basic adjectives are used.	Good The paragraph defines character and his/her traits. Adjectives are used.	Excellent The paragraph clearly defines character and his/her traits. Juicy adjectives are used.
Evidence	Poor No evidence from the story was used to support the adjectives used for character traits.	Fair More evidence from the story is needed to support the adjectives used for character traits.	Good Evidence from the story was listed for most of the adjectives used for character traits.	Excellent Evidence from the story was listed for each of the adjectives used for character traits.
Paragraph Form	Poor Sentences are confusing and do not relate to the topic. The paragraph is not indented. The paragraph is too long or too short.	Fair Sentences need to be made clearer and may not all relate to the topic. The paragraph may be too long or too short. The paragraph may not be indented.	Good Sentences are clear and mostly relate to the topic. The paragraph may be too long or too short. The paragraph may not be indented.	Excellent Sentences are clear and relate to the topic. The paragraph is indented and appropriate length.
Conventions	Poor Mistakes in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation were many and distracted the reader.	Fair Several mistakes (5-8) were made in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation.	Good A few (3-4) spelling, capitalization, or punctuation mistakes were made.	Excellent Spelling, capitalization, punctuation were minimal.