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Character Trait Paragraph

Students will be able to write a paragraph describing Nasreen's Grandmother from the book, Nasreen's Secret School and cite evidence from the book to support their character traits.

Rubric Code: LX47AB7

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Character Traits
	Below Level 1 pts	Approaching level 2 pts	On level 3 pts	above Level 4 pts
Title and Character	Below Level Story title and character are not named.	Approaching level Only the story title or character is named.	On level Only the story title or character is named.	above Level Story title and character are named.
Character Trait	Below Level The paragraph does not define the character and his/her traits. No adjectives are used.	Approaching level The paragraph defines the contains character with only one character trait.	On level The paragraph defines the character with 2 character traits.	above Level The paragraph clearly defines character with 3 or more character traits.
Evidence	Below Level No evidence from the story was used to support the adjectives used for character traits.	Approaching level More specific evidence from the story is needed to support the adjectives used for character traits.	On level Evidence from the story was accurately listed for most of the adjectives used for character traits.	above Level Evidence from the story was accurately listed for each of the adjectives used for character traits.
Paragraph Form indented topic sentence supporting sentences concluding sentence	Below Level Sentences are confusing and do not relate to the topic. The paragraph is not indented.	Approaching level The writing contains two elements of a paragraph. It is not indented.	On level The writing contains 3 parts of a paragraph and is clearly written.	above Level The writing contains all parts of a paragraph and is clearly written
Conventions	Below Level Mistakes in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation were many .	Approaching level Several mistakes (5-8) were made in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation.	On level A few (3-4) spelling, capitalization, or punctuation mistakes were made.	above Level Spelling, capitalization, punctuation were minimal.