iRubric: Descriptive Writing Rubric

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Descriptive Writing Rubric Descriptive Writing Rubric Students will describe a picture of their choice by using their five senses to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of main idea and supporting details, spelling of high frequency words, plural and possessive noun use, subject/verb tense and agreement, and descriptors using 5 senses with similes. Rubric Code: MX2C2C2 By dina613 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Descriptive Writing- My Room
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Capitalization & Punctuation	Excellent The poem is free of capitalization & punctuation errors.	Good The poem has 1 or 2 capitalization & punctuation errors.	Fair The poem has 2 or 3 capitalization & punctuation errors.	Needs Improvement The poem has many errors.
Description- 5 Senses Using Simile	Excellent The poem contains 4 or 5 descriptions using the five senses and similes.	Good The poem contains 2 or 3 descriptions using the five senses and similes.	Fair The poem contains 1 description using the five senses and simile.	Needs Improvement The poem contains no descriptions using the five senses.
Spelling-High Frequency Words	Excellent The poem is free of spelling errors of high frequency words.	Good The poem has 1 or 2 spelling errors of high frequency words.	Fair The poem has 2 or more spelling errors of high frequency words.	Needs Improvement The poem has many spelling errors.
Picture	Excellent Attractively displayed, colorful picture with many details and writing.	Good Attractively displayed picture with writing, some details.	Fair Picture with few details and little writing.	Needs Improvement Did not display picture with writing.