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2nd Grade Writing Assignment Rubric

This rubric is for a second grade descriptive writing assignment.

Rubric Code: EXXAB62

By mmwhitney

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

2nd Grade Descriptive Writing
	Little or No Effort 1 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Grammar
Capitalization Beginning of sentence	Little or No Effort Significant errors in using upper and lower case letters.	Needs Improvement Occassional errors in upper and lower case letters.	Good Generally uses proper capitalization, with few errors.	Excellent Consistent use of proper capitalization with no errors.
Punctuation (. ! ?)	Little or No Effort Significant amount of punctuation errors.	Needs Improvement Occasional errors in punctuation.	Good Generally uses proper punctuation, with few errors.	Excellent Consisten use of proper punctuation with no errors.
Spelling	Little or No Effort Significant amount of misspelled words.	Needs Improvement Occasional errors in spelling.	Good Most of words of spelling correctly, and few are misspelled.	Excellent Consistently displays correct spellings in words.
Content
Topic Sentence Is there a topic sentence that introduces the writer is about to talk about?	Little or No Effort Absence of a topic sentence.	Needs Improvement Topic sentence present, but does not effectively introduce the topics that are discussed in the paper.	Good Topic sentence present and it somewhat introduces the proper topics of the paper.	Excellent Topic sentence present and serves as a proper introduction to the topics that are discussed in the paper.
Closing Sentence Is there a closing sentence that concludes what the writer has said?	Little or No Effort Absence of a closing sentence.	Needs Improvement Closing sentence present, but does not effectively conclude the topics that are discussed in the paper.	Good Closing sentence present and it somewhat concludes the proper topics of the paper.	Excellent Closing sentence present and serves as a proper conclusion of the topics that are discussed in the paper.
Adjectives Does the writer use five or more adjectives in the paper?	Little or No Effort No adjectives or descriptive words are used.	Needs Improvement 1-2 adjectives are used.	Good 3-4 adjectives are used.	Excellent 5 or more adjectives are used.