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Glendale Elementary School Recycling Essay

A scoring rubric for grading an essay written to promote recycling

Rubric Code: R345B3

By awesley

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Recycling Essay Rubric
	Emerging 1 pts	Proficient 2 pts	Exemplary 3 pts
Ideas and Content	Emerging Purpose and main idea may be unclear and cluttered by irrelevant detail	Proficient Evident main idea with some support which may be general or limited	Exemplary Exceptionally clear, focused, engaging with relevant, strong supporting detail
Organization	Emerging Lack of structure; essay is disorganized and hard to follow. Intro and ending are either missing or weak	Proficient Organization is appropriate, but conventional. Attempt at Introduction and conclusion	Exemplary Effectively organized in logical and creative manner Creative and engaging introduction and conclusion
Voice	Emerging Writing tends to be flat or stiff Little or no hint of writer behind words	Proficient Evident commitment o topic Inconsistent or dull personality	Exemplary Expressive, engaging, sincere Strong sense of audience Shows emotion: humor, honesty, suspense or life
Word Choice	Emerging Monotonous, often repetitious, sometimes inappropriate	Proficient Language is functional and appropriate Descriptions may be overdone at times	Exemplary Precise, carefully chosen Strong, fresh, vivid images
Sentence Fluency	Emerging Often choppy Monotonous sentence patterns Frequent run-on sentences	Proficient Generally in control Lack variety in length and structure	Exemplary High degree of craftsmanship Effective variation in sentence patterns
Conventions	Emerging Frequent significant errors may impede readability	Proficient Control of most writing conventions; occasional errors with high risks	Exemplary Exceptionally strong control of standard conventions of writing