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Descriptive Writing Rubric

Students will describe a memoriable holiday experience using their five senses. They will have a topic and concluding sentences. They will use adjectives that describe their experience.

Rubric Code: R4369W

By brendasmith

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Descriptive Writing- Christmas
	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts
Capitalization & Punctuation	4 The essay is free of capitalization & punctuation errors.	3 The essay has 1 or 2 capitalization & punctuation errors.	2 The essay has 3 capitalization & punctuation errors.	1 The essay has more than 3 capitalization and punctuation errors.
Main Idea & Details	4 The paragraph contains a main idea and three related details.	3 The paragraph contains a main idea and some realted details.	2 The paragraph contains a main idea that is not clear and some related details.	1 The paragraph does not contain a clear main idea or related details.
Grammar	4 The essay contains proper use of Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement	3 The essay contains 1 or two errors in use of the Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement	2 The essay contains 3 errors in use of Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement	1 The essay contains more than 3 errors in the use of Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement.
Description- 5 Senses Using Simile	4 The essay contains 4 or 5 descriptions using the five senses.	3 The essay contains 2 or 3 descriptions using the five senses.	2 The essay contains 1 description using the five senses.	1 The essay does not contain descriptions using the five senses.
Spelling	4 The essay is free of spelling errors.	3 The essay has 1 or 2 spelling errors.	2 The essay has 3 or more spelling errors.	1 The essay has 4 or more spelling errors.
Topic and Concluding Senteces	4 The essay has a clearly stated concluding sentence that goes along with the main idea of the piece.	3 The essay has a stated concluding sentences that reflects the main idea of the piece.	2 The essay has a concluding statement but it does not follow the main idea of the paragraph.	1 The essay has no concluding sentence in the paragraph.