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iRubric: Underground Railroad Prompt rubric

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Underground Railroad Prompt Descriptive Paragraph Writing Students were asked to choose one of two prompts and write three paragraphs explaining why they would or why they would not help out. Rubric Code: Z2WW4WB By angsprague Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Paragraphs
	Exceeding Expectations 4 pts	Meeting Expectations 3 pts	Approaching Expectations 2 pts	Not Meeting Expectations 1 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a well-developed topic sentence and it is clear which side the student has chosen.	Exceeding Expectations Topic sentence establishes the focus and grabs the reader's attention in a well-developed sentence.	Meeting Expectations Topic sentence establishes the focus in a well-developed sentence.	Approaching Expectations Topic sentence includes focus but is not well-developed.	Not Meeting Expectations The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.
Paragraph (s) Body The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details and explanations.	Exceeding Expectations The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with more than 3 meaningful details.	Meeting Expectations The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with 3 meaningful details.	Approaching Expectations The body of the paragraph supports the topic, but gives less than 3 meaningful details.	Not Meeting Expectations The paragraph does not support the topic with meaningful details.
Focuses on Topic The paragraphs must stay focused on main idea.	Exceeding Expectations Presents well-developed, clearly focused paragraphs.	Meeting Expectations Presents a clearly focused paragraphs.	Approaching Expectations Presents paragraphs but the main focus may shift.	Not Meeting Expectations Attempts to present focused paragraphs with little or no success.
Conventions and Style
Capitalization, punctuation and grammar rules Capital letters, commas and periods are used according to grammar rules. Grammar rules are respected.	Exceeding Expectations No errors in capitalization and punctuation. Student made no grammar errors.	Meeting Expectations 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation. Most grammar rules were respected.	Approaching Expectations 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation. Quite a few errors in grammar rules.	Not Meeting Expectations 5 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation. Many errors in grammar rules.
Spelling Words are to be spelled correctly.	Exceeding Expectations No spelling errors.	Meeting Expectations 1-3 spelling errors.	Approaching Expectations 4-5 spelling errors.	Not Meeting Expectations More than 5 spelling errors.