iRubric: Descriptive Writing rubric

- Opening and closing are missing or incomplete.
- Body paragraphs are missing or incomplete.
- Reasons do not support main idea.
-No details.
-Writing does not stay on topic and is not organized.

- Opening and closing are unclear and incomplete.
- Body paragraphs missing, incomplete, or have mostly the same reasons.
- Vivid details missing.
- Connecting words are missing.
- Writing is not clearly organized.

- Opening and closing clear, but not fully developed.
- Three body paragraphs with similar reasons.
- Few supporting and vivid details.
- Connecting words missing.
- Writer attempts organization.

- Clear and complete opening and closing.
- Three body paragraphs with different reasons.
- Three supporting details for each reason.
- Some vivid details and some use of figurative language.
- Connecting words used only at the beginning of each paragraph.
- Writing is clearly organized and it flows.

- Clear and complete opening and closing.
- Three body paragraphs with completely unique reasons.
- Three supporting details for each reason.
- One vivid detail for each supporting detail.
- Connecting words used at the beginning of each paragraph and throughout the writing.
- Writer takes risks- uses new vocabulary or figurative language.
- Writing is clearly organized and it flows.

- Mostly incomplete or run-on sentences.

- Sentences are mostly the same structure.
- Many incomplete or run-on sentences.

- Little variety of sentences.
- Some incomplete or run-on sentences.

- Some sentence variety.
- Few incomplete or run-on sentences.

- Variety of sentence types- declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory.
- Variety of sentence structure- does not begin every sentence with the same word.
- Variety of sentence length.
- Complete sentences-sentences must have a subject and predicate.