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Descriptive Essay: Setting Choose castle, farm or houseboat. Write a one page descriptive essay using at least one simile in your writing. Rubric Code: SXA6695 By nmillam Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Castle, Farm, or Houseboat
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Adjectives & Clear Desription	Poor The setting is unclear and difficult to understand.	Fair Student uses some adjectives, but fails to describe the setting in detail.	Good Student uses adjectives and describes the setting.	Excellent Student uses adjectives to describe the setting. The description is clear and the reader can paint a mental picture.
Literary Devices	Poor Student uses no literary devices.	Fair Student uses one literary device.	Good Student uses two literary devices.	Excellent Student uses at least three literary devices: simile, alliteration, etc. in their description.
Conventions	Poor Poor conventions make writing difficult to understand.	Fair Limited use of correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar.	Good Few errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar.	Excellent No errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar.
Format	Poor Writing is not formatted correctly.	Fair Two of the formatting elements are correct.	Good Three of the formatting elements are correct.	Excellent One page, 12 point helvetica, double spaced with two or more paragraphs.