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Three-Meal Weather

Students will write a story using adjectives to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of a clear main idea, supporting details in the correct sequence, and use of adjectives.

Rubric Code: GX3A645

By jillraj

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Creative Writing- Pumpkin Life Cycl
	Excellent 4 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Capitalization & Punctuation	Excellent The essay is free of capitalization & punctuation errors.	Satisfactory The essay has 1 - 2 capitalization & punctuation errors.	Needs Improvement The essay has 3-4 capitalization & punctuation errors.	Unsatisfactory This essay has 5 or more capitalization & punctuation errors.
Main Idea	Excellent Essay contains a clear introductory paragraph that introduces the reader to why the crazy weather is happening.	Satisfactory Essay contains a clear topic but does not include a strong descriptive reason as to why the weather is happening.	Needs Improvement The essay does not contain a clear main idea or a reason why the weather is happening.	Unsatisfactory This essay does not contain a main idea.
Details & Sequencing	Excellent The details are in the correct sequence including breakfast, lunch and dinner.	Satisfactory Only two meals are described or the meals are incorrectly sequenced.	Needs Improvement Only one meal is described.	Unsatisfactory No meals are described.
Adjectives	Excellent The essay contains at least 9 adjectives.	Satisfactory The essay contains 6-8 adjectives.	Needs Improvement The essay contains 3-5 adjectives.	Unsatisfactory This essay contains 2 or less adjectives.