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Pre-Writing: Brainstorming/graphic organizer/research Pre-Writing: Brainstorming/graphic organizer/research Use of graphic organizers to record information from brainstorming sessions, existing knowledge and research for an assigned topic. Rubric Code: MX684WC By dancorrigan Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Pre-Writing: Brainstorming
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Use of graphic organizer	Poor Information not recorded on a graphic organizer and/or not structured by categories.	Fair Information is entered on a graphic organizer but the structure is incomplete and/or the categories are not well structured.	Good The graphic organizer is completely filled in and the information is structured in distinct categories.
Questions	Poor There are no answers to the questions, or the answers do not address the assigned topic.	Fair The questions are only partially answered (less than 1/2 of the questions are answered) or the answers only partially address the assigned topic.	Good All applicable questions are answered appropriately for the topic.
Resources used	Poor Only used existing knowledge: research was not conducted to respond to the questions.	Fair Use of existing knowledge and at least one other resource was used to research information.	Good Use of existing knowledge and two or more additional resources were used to research information.
Summarization	Poor Several answers to questions seem to be cut & pasted into graphic organizer. Information is not in the student's own words.	Fair Few answers to questions seem to be cut & pasted into graphic organizer. Information is mostly in the student's own words (or correctly quoted).	Good All information is in the student's own words or correctly quoted from sources.