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Descriptive Writing Rubric ELI105 Wesserling

Students will write a descriptive story using sensory words to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of a clear main idea, supporting details, spelling, use of sensory words and details and creative adjectives.

Rubric Code: AA56XX

By crwesserling

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Descriptive Writing- My Fav Place
	Excellent 5 pts	Satisfactory 4 pts	Needs Improvement 3 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Main Idea & Details	Excellent Essay contains a topic/main idea and closing along with major details with supporting details.	Satisfactory Essay contains a clear topic and closing with a few major and minor details.	Needs Improvement The essay does not contain a clear main idea and/or closing and/or related details.	Unsatisfactory This essay is not organized and/or does not make sense.
Grammar	Excellent The essay contains proper use of grammar including punctuation, subject-verb agreement, appropriate prepositions, pronoun usage, syntax.	Satisfactory The essay contains a few grammatical errors	Needs Improvement The essay contains many grammatical errors	Unsatisfactory Improper grammar impairs meaning.
Sensory words	Excellent The essay contains at least 5 sensory words.	Satisfactory The essay contains 3-5 sensory words	Needs Improvement The essay contains less than 3 sensory words	Unsatisfactory This essay does not contain any sensory words or details.
Formatting MLA Format: Times New Roman, 12 point Double spaced Indented paragraphs Name in MLA format Paginated	Excellent Nearly Perfect	Satisfactory Missing: MLA Format: Times New Roman, 12 point Double spaced Indented paragraphs Name in MLA format Paginated	Needs Improvement Missing: MLA Format: Times New Roman, 12 point Double spaced Indented paragraphs Name in MLA format Paginated	Unsatisfactory Missing: MLA Format: Times New Roman, 12 point Double spaced Indented paragraphs Name in MLA format Paginated