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Informative Writing - Topic Sentence with Description Informative Writing Complete Topic Sentence with descriptive words Rubric Code: VCCW95 By aravelo Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Informative Writing
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Ideas and Content/Genre	Excellent Gives interesting, accurate and detailed information about a topic	Good Gives facts and information about a topic	Fair Gives information about a topic, but may stray from writing purpose	Unsatisfactory No information
Organization and focus Topic Sentence	Excellent Presents a topic sentence that is clear and focused on the main idea and hooks the reader.	Good Presents a topic sentence that is focused on the main idea.	Fair A topic sentence that is not focused on the topic	Unsatisfactory No topic sentence
Word Choice	Excellent Uses a variety of precise, exact words accurately	Good Chooses words that suit the purpose and audience	Fair Uses words that are not suited for purposes or repeats words	Unsatisfactory Uses words incorrectly
Sentence Structure/Fluency	Excellent Writes complete sentences that flow.	Good Uses complete sentences that flow fairly well	Fair Not all sentences are complete or lead naturally to those that follow	Unsatisfactory Sentences are incomplete, run together or confusing
Conventions	Excellent Free from mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors (based on words introduced)	Good Spelling, capitalization, punctuation are mostly correct	Fair Makes frequent noticeable mistakes that interfere with reading	Unsatisfactory Makes repeated and serious errors in grammar, spelling and mechanics