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Writing Assignment Rubric Vocabulary Quiz Rubric Rubric Code: Q5B77X By Erin_Mitchell Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Areas
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 20 pts	Average 15 pts	Lacking proficiency 10 pts	Below Minimum Standard 5 pts
Critical thinking	Excellent - Responses show the student has put a great deal of thought into what he/she writes - The ideas are complex and written out. - Understands the prompt/passage read	Good - Entries are good and show the writer is thinking deeply about the topic and attempting to push toward more advanced ways of approaching the prompt	Average - Student has a complete entry, but may not be pushing his/her ideas toward original ways of looking at the topic	Lacking proficiency - Entry feels rushed and lacks much depth of thought - Student needs to put more effort into pushing his/her ideas to a deeper level	Below Minimum Standard - Entry is simplistic and is a surface-level interpretation of the topic -Off prompt
Coherence/organization	Excellent - Great support with no repetition or redundancy - Long enough to clearly answer the prompt/reflect on the material - Clear and easily understood by reader - Excellent sentence variety	Good Good support with no repetition or redundancy - Long enough to answer the prompt/reflect on the material - Clear and easily understood by reader - Vocabulary appropriate for grade level - Good sentence variety	Average Minimal support with no repetition or redundancy - Barely long enough to answer the prompt/reflect on the material - Clear but not easily understood by reader - Minimal sentence variety	Lacking proficiency Lacking support with repetition and/or redundancy - Not long enough to answer the prompt/reflect on the material - Not easily understood by reader - Lacking sentence variety	Below Minimum Standard No support; repetition and/or redundancy found -Does not answer the prompt/reflect on the material
Mechanics/Grammar	Excellent The entry does not contain any spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.	Good The entry contains 1-3 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.	Average The entry contains 4-6 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.	Lacking proficiency The entry contains 7-9 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.	Below Minimum Standard The entry contains 10 or more spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.
Legibility	Excellent Writing is legible and the paper is neat.	Good Writing is not legible in some places.	Average Writing is not legible and the paper is messy.	Lacking proficiency Writing is not legible and the paper is ripped or torn.	Below Minimum Standard