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Descriptive Writing Descriptive Writing Rubric Code: F23X5A9 By chriscavanagh Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Descriptive Writing Enter rubric description
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Topic Sentence Is there a topic sentence that introduces what the writer is talking about?	Poor No topic sentence	Fair Topic sentence present, but does not effectively introduce the topics that are discussed	Good Topic sentence is present and it somewhat introduces the proper topic of the paragraph	Excellent Topic sentence present and serves as a proper introduction to the topics that are in the descriptive writing
Fluency Is each sentence fluent?	Poor Most sentences are incomplete or do not make sense	Fair Half of the sentences make sense and are complete	Good All but 1-2 sentences are complete and make sense	Excellent All sentences are complete and make sense
Capitalization Beginning of sentences and proper nouns.	Poor Significant errors in using upper and lower case letters.	Fair Occassional errors in upper and lower case letters.	Good Generally uses proper capitalization with few errors.	Excellent Consistent use of proper capitalization with no errors.
Adjectives Are there descriptive words used?	Poor No descriptive words used	Fair 1 descriptive word used	Good 2-3 descriptive words used	Excellent More than 3 descriptive words used
Punctuation (. ! ?)	Poor Significant amount of punctuation errors.	Fair Occasional errors in punctuation.	Good Generally uses proper punctuation, with few errors.	Excellent Consistent use of proper punctuation with no errors.
Spelling	Poor Significant amount of misspelled words.	Fair Occassional errors in spelling.	Good Most of words are spelled correctly.	Excellent Consistently displays correct spelling words