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Informative & Explanatory Writing Rubric

Informative and Explanatory writing PRE-TEST for year 8

Rubric Code: DA72B6

By mrssteiner

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Explanation Writing
	Level 1 1 pts	Level 2 2 pts	Level 3 3 pts	Level 4 4 pts
Knowledge and Understanding	Level 1 - I am able to convey limited ideas and examples on the topic with little knowledge	Level 2 - I am able to convey a few ideas and examples on the topic with some degree of knowledge	Level 3 - I am able to convey several ideas and examples on the topic with a good degree of knowledge	Level 4 - I am able to convey several ideas and examples on the topic with a high degree of knowledge
Structure	Level 1 - My writing is not organized and showed little organisation and clarity	Level 2 - I have some good sentences, most of my facts are written in the order that I learnt them	Level 3 - I have tried to sequence my explanation it is mostly in a logical order (introduction, body, conclusion). I have used some sectioning or paragraphing and link main ideas together.	Level 4 - I have sequenced my explanation logically (introduction, body, conclusion). I use sectioning or paragraphing and link main ideas together.
Application	Level 1 - I am able to make connections between the various texts related to the subject with little degree of clarity and effectiveness	Level 2 - I am able to make connections between the various texts related to the subject with some degree of clarity and effectiveness	Level 3 - I am able to make connections between the various texts related to the subject with a considerable degree of clarity and effectiveness	Level 4 - I am able to make connections between the various texts related to the subject with a high degree of clarity and effectiveness
Language	Level 1 - My writing lacks sentnece structure. Contains serious grammatical and punctuation errors	Level 2 - I use limited and/or repetitive sentence structure, and contains numerous grammatical and punctuation errors	Level 3 - I use mostly correct and some varied sentence structure. Contains some conventional errors which may cause confusion	Level 4 - I use purposeful and varied sentence structure. Contains minimal to no errors in conventions (grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalisation)