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RAFT Writing Responses-Performance Based Section

RAFT Writing Responses

For grading writing responses which use the RAFT format

Rubric Code: U35B22

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

RAFT Writing Response
	Great! 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Content Mastery	Great! Answer clearly shows student's understanding of reading content by using multiple, relevant "for examples," cited events from the story throughout the reading.	Good Answer shows student's understanding of reading content by using some relevant "for example," cited events from the reading.	Fair Answer shows some understanding by providing some un-cited details or examples from the reading.	Poor Answer shows limited or no understanding with little or no details or examples from the reading.
RAFT Format	Great! Student follows RAFT by designing a piece(s) that make(s) evident the role, audience, and topic. The RAFT develops the topic using the story.	Good Student follows RAFT by properly identifying the role, audience, and topic. The RAFT partially develops the topic using the story.	Fair Student follows RAFT by properly identifying the role, audience, and topic. The RAFT either retells the story without developing the topic OR develops the topic without reference to the story.	Poor Student presents a RAFT that does not clearly identify a role, audience or topic. Coverage of the story and topic are insufficient.
Focus	Great! RAFT stays on topic, never drifts from required form or type; details and information are included that are pertinent only to developed purpose.	Good Spends most of the RAFT discussing issues on topic, but occasionally strays from the focus.	Fair Spends some time discussing issues off topic.	Poor Spends most of RAFT on issues that do not directly deal with the RAFT chosen.
Perspective	Great! RAFT maintains clear, consistent point of view, tone, and ideas relevant to role played; ideas and information always tied to role and audience.	Good Explains how character would feel about the event(s).	Fair Shows little insight into how character would feel or act during the event(s).	Poor Does not accurately develop characters, thoughts or reactions to the event(s).
Adding Personality Voice	Great! The writer seems to be writing from knowledge or experience. The author has taken the ideas and made them "his own."	Good The writer seems to be drawing on knowledge or experience, but there is some lack of ownership of the topic.	Fair The writer relates some of his own knowledge or experience, but it adds nothing to the discussion of the topic.	Poor The writer has not tried to transform the information in a personal way. The ideas and the way they are expressed seem to belong to someone else.
Introduction Organization	Great! The introduction is inviting, states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper.	Good The introduction clearly states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper, but is not particularly inviting to the reader.	Fair The introduction states the main topic, but does not adequately preview the structure of the paper nor is it particularly inviting to the reader.	Poor There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper.
Transitions Organization	Great! A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.	Good Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.	Fair Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.	Poor The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.
Presentation	Great! Writing is fluent and interesting. Essay contains few or no fragments or run-on sentences; rare errors or mechanical mistakes result from risk-taking. It engages and informs audience.	Good Writing is clear and direct. Essay contains some fragments, run-ons or other errors; occasional mechanical mistakes. Audience is informed.	Fair Writing wanders or is somewhat repetitious. Essay contains several sentence errors and mechanical mistakes that may interfere with clarity of ideas. Audience is irritated by errors.	Poor Writing is unclear and has gaps or confusions. Essay is marred by numerous errors, which disrupt reader’s understanding.

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