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Copy of Biography Writing Rubric

Students interviewed a classmate, and wrote a biography of important events in their life

Rubric Code: J6375X

By melanieallen

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Biography Writing Rubric
	Level 4 4 pts	Level 3 3 pts	Level 2 2 pts	Level 1 1 pts
Introduction	Level 4 gets the reader interested states clearly the purpose *tells what the writing is going to be about in an interesting way	Level 3 states the purpose tells what the writing is going to be about	Level 2 purpose is not clear tells very little about what the writing is going to be about	Level 1 *no introductory paragraph
Conclusion	Level 4 clearly sums up the paper interesting	Level 3 *sums up the paper	Level 2 *conclusion not related to paper	Level 1 *no conclusion
Factual Information	Level 4 The writer includes all important facts about the person including: full name, date of birth, place of birth, family members	Level 3 The writer includes most of the important facts about the person, but leaves out 1 or 2 things.	Level 2 The writer only includes 1 or 2 of the important facts about the person.	Level 1 The writer leaves out all important facts about the person.
Interesting Information	Level 4 The writer includes several interesting things about the person. It is written in a way that makes the story come to life.	Level 3 The writer includes some interesting ideas about the person's life, but it is more like a list than a story.	Level 2 The writer only includes a few interesting details about the person's life, and it seems more like a list than a story.	Level 1 The writer included 0-1 interesting details about the person's life. The biography was not complete.
Conventions	Level 4 *0-2 mistakes	Level 3 *3-4 mistakes	Level 2 *5-7 mistakes	Level 1 *more than 7 mistakes