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Vocabulary Writing Rubric

Students will write a short story using their vocabulary words and draw a picture to accompany their story (using a visual depiction of their vocabulary words).

Rubric Code: LXX7542

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Vocabulary Writing Rubric to determine effective writing skills for writing a short story using vocabulary words.
	Unacceptable 2 pts	Needs Improvement 3 pts	Meets Standard 4 pts	Exemplary 5 pts
Capitalization & Punctuation Uses correct capitalization and punctuation skills.	Unacceptable Does not use correct capitalization and punctuation skills. Sentences are incomplete or Run-ons.	Needs Improvement Uses some capitalization and punctuation. Sentences difficult to understand.	Meets Standard Uses correct capitalization and punctuation most of the time.	Exemplary Uses correct capitalization and punctuation all of the time.
Appropriate Useage of Vocabulary Story contains the usage of the vocabulary words.	Unacceptable The student used less than half of the vocabulary words accurately with some repetition. Student makes no relations to the part of speech and proper usage of the voc. word.	Needs Improvement The student used half of the required vocabulary words accurately. Student shows limited understanding of the accurate form or part of speech of the voc. words.	Meets Standard The student used more than half of the required vocabulary words accurately. Student shows understanding of the accurate form or part of speech of the voc. word.	Exemplary All of the vocabulary words were used in the story accurately and in the proper form or part of speech.
Vocabulary in Context Students uses vocabulary words in the appropriate context of the sentence and provides details that support understanding of the words.	Unacceptable Student lists voc. words in the sentence providing little details and demonstrating little understanding of the words in the context, causing confusion for the reader.	Needs Improvement Student lists voc. words in the sentence and provides little details surrounding the vocabulary words.	Meets Standard Student uses the vocabulary words in the context. Student provides details to support the sentence. Little confusion is demonstrated in the use of 1 or 2 words.	Exemplary Student uses the vocabulary words in the context. Student provides details to support the sentence and demonstrates understanding of all words.
Paragraph Parameters Minimum of 1-2 paragraphs with at least three sentences each.	Unacceptable	Needs Improvement There are 1-2 paragraphs with less than 4 sentences.	Meets Standard There are 1-2 paragraphs 4-5 sentences.	Exemplary There are 1-2 paragraphs with more than 6 sentences.
Spelling High frequency words are spelled correctly	Unacceptable Multiple spelling errors make the story impossible to understand. And/Or Not using pronouns and verb endings accurately.	Needs Improvement There are multiple spelling errors, however the story is still understood with some difficulty. And/or limited use of pronoun and verb endings.	Meets Standard There are few spelling errors however they do not interfere with the ability to understand the story. And/or incorrect pronoun or verb endings.	Exemplary There are no spelling errors. Appropriate use of pronoun and verb endings.

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