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Six Traits Writing Rubric

Six Traits Assessment keyed to Institute for Excellence in Writing concepts.

Rubric Code: FB38XB

By misslilsky

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

6 Point 6 Traits - Weighted
	BEGINNING 36 pts	DEVELOPING 42 pts	ACCOMPLISHED 50 pts
Ideas	BEGINNING MAIN IDEA IS SHOWN	DEVELOPING MAIN IDEA TWO SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE/DETAILS	ACCOMPLISHED Clear and focused thought; strong main idea, supportive evidence, and opinions/reasoning on main idea
Organization	BEGINNING Hard to follow; needs much re-ordering	DEVELOPING Order functional; structure supportive; functional lead and conclusion	ACCOMPLISHED Order works well with topic & purpose; strong leads, thoughtful transitions
Word Choice	BEGINNING Flat language or thesaurus overload	DEVELOPING Functional, clear language;some promising moments<BR> <BR> (Most paragraphs have strong verbs, quality adjectives and sparkling adverbs.)	ACCOMPLISHED Precise, vivid, natural language; striking, fresh phrases<BR> <BR> (Most paragraphs have more than one strong verb)
Sentence Fluency	BEGINNING Awkward enough to make reader stumble, re-read often<BR> <BR> (Relies too much on one particular type of opener)	DEVELOPING Some variety in length, structure, beginnings; few awkward moments<BR> <BR> (A few different setence openers, attempted transitions)	ACCOMPLISHED Easy going flow, highly readable, purposeful sentence beginnings<BR> <BR> (Different sentence openers and some transitions)
Voice	BEGINNING Inappropriate voice lacking authority and knowledge-base	DEVELOPING Somewhat appropriate use of voice with some knowledge presented to further validate	ACCOMPLISHED Clear use of voice with authority and some knowledge-base