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Six Traits Writing Rubric

Six Traits Assessment keyed to Institute for Excellence in Writing concepts.

Rubric Code: RB98CA

By shawnagilbert

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Letter to Self - 6 Trait Rubric
	DEVELOPING 1 pts	EMERGING 2 pts	PROFICIENT 3 pts	EFFECTIVE 4 pts	EXEMPLARY 5 pts
Ideas	DEVELOPING Loosely focused and very general.	EMERGING Generalities and filler outweigh quality detail.	PROFICIENT Quality detail outweighs generalities, filler.	EFFECTIVE Clear and focused thought; strong main ideas and details. Honest with some deep discussion.	EXEMPLARY Clear, focused, compelling ideas for each paragraph. Honest and deep discussion.
Organization	DEVELOPING Hard to follow; needs much re-ordering. Does not follow assignment format.	EMERGING Some out of place information. Attempts assignment format.	PROFICIENT Order functional; structure supportive; functional lead and conclusion. Correct assignment format.	EFFECTIVE Order works well with topic & purpose; strong leads, thoughtful transitions between ideas. Correct assignment format.	EXEMPLARY Thoughtful structure; well-crafted transitions; unforgettable opening and conclusion. Correct assignment format.
Word Choice	DEVELOPING Flat language or thesaurus overload.	EMERGING Moments of imprecision; now and then a “gem”.	PROFICIENT Functional, clear language;some promising moments. (Most paragraphs have strong verbs, quality adjectives and sparkling adverbs.)	EFFECTIVE Precise, vivid, natural language; striking, fresh phrases. (Most paragraphs have more than one strong verb)	EXEMPLARY Powerful, stunning verbs; you want to read it more than once. (Many strong verbs and quality adjectives in piece)
Sentence Fluency	DEVELOPING Awkward enough to make reader stumble, re-read often. (Relies too much on one particular type of opener)	EMERGING Mechanical, but still readable; repetitive beginnings. (A few different sentence openers)	PROFICIENT Some variety in length, structure, beginnings; few awkward moments. (A few different sentence openers, attempted transitions)	EFFECTIVE Easy going flow, highly readable, purposeful sentence beginnings. (Different sentence openers and some transitions)	EXEMPLARY Flows with purpose; easy to read with inflection. (Many different sentence openers and excellent transitions)
Conventions	DEVELOPING Noticeable, frequent, distracting errors; line-by-line editing required	EMERGING Noticeable, distracting errors that may affect meaning; errors even on basics	PROFICIENT Noticeable, but minor errors that do not obscure meaning; needs a good once-over	EFFECTIVE Minor errors that are easily overlooked; minor touch-ups	EXEMPLARY Only the pickiest editors will spot errors.
Voice	DEVELOPING Inappropriate voice; lacking personality and creativity.	EMERGING Voice lacks sense of audience; Moments of personality shine through.	PROFICIENT Somewhat appropriate use of voice. Some sense of audience.	EFFECTIVE Good use of voice and sense of audience. Lots of personality. Interacts with reader a majority of the time.	EXEMPLARY Exceptionally strong sense of audience, topic, purpose; Engaging, lively, honest, exciting. Interacts with reader.

Keywords:

6 Traits, six traits, writing

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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