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Rubric for Elementary Paragraph Writing

Assessment for Special Education Writing

Rubric Code: G4XBB6

By colfleshd

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Writing Assessment
	Exemplary 3 pts	Secure 2 pts	Developing 1 pts
Prewriting	Exemplary Uses prewriting strategies independently to plan and organize ideas (talk, questioning, sharing of ideas or graphic organizers)	Secure Uses prewriting strategies with minimal assistance to plan and organize ideas (talk, questioning, sharing of ideas or graphic organizers)	Developing Uses prewriting strategies with extensive support to plan and organize ideas (talk, questioning, sharing of ideas or graphic organizers)
Opening	Exemplary Writing includes an opening that moves smoothly into the body of the writing and grabs the audience's attention	Secure Writing includes an opening that moves smoothly into the body of the writing and somewhat grabs the audience's attention.	Developing Writing includes an opening phrase or sentence (Did you know the sun is a huge ball of fire?)
Organization	Exemplary Ideas are logically ordered and clustered into groups and use more complex transition words.	Secure Ideas are logically ordered and clustered into groups	Developing Writing is in logical sequential order.
Complete Thought	Exemplary Writes complete sentences all of the time using more compound and complex sentence structures some of the time.	Secure Writes complete sentences most of the time with one or two compound or complex sentence structures.	Developing Writes some complete sentences.
Rereads	Exemplary Rereads to clarify message by adding or deleting information.	Secure Rereads to clarify message by adding or deleting information with minimal assistance.	Developing Rereads message.
Revise	Exemplary Revises word choices by substituting richer vocabulary to create mind pictures	Secure Revises word choices by substituting richer vocabulary to create mind pictures with minimal assistance (e.g. muscular verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue).	Developing Revises word choices by substituting repetitive vocabulary.
Closing	Exemplary Writing includes a sense of closure that is interesting and ties the story together.	Secure Writing includes a sense of closure that begins to tie the story together with some understanding.	Developing Writing includes a sense of closure. (It was fun! I had a great time at the zoo.)