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Writing Assignment

Students will reinforce writing skills to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of actions and consequences. By utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, evaluating and revising.

Rubric Code: VXBCAA2

By MBracho

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Writing 100 % This rubric is used to help readers score an essay. *Note: The first 5 criteria of this rubric have been duplicated from the the Steck-Vaughn GED Essay.
	Fantastic Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 5 pts	Good Reader understands writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Fair Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Needs More Work Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts
Response to Prompt 20 %	Fantastic Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Good Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Fair Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Needs More Work Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.
Organization 20 %	Fantastic Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Good Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Fair Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Needs More Work Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details 30 %	Fantastic Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Good Has focused but occasionally uneven development.	Fair Has some development but lacks specific details.	Needs More Work Demonstrates little or no development.
Transition Formation 20 %	Fantastic Exhibits varied and precise transition choices.	Good Exhibits some appropriate transition choices.	Fair Exhibits few appropriate transition choices	Needs More Work Exhibits no appropriate transtion choices
Spelling and Punctuation 10 %	Fantastic No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Good One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Fair Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Needs More Work More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.