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NIE Rubric Students were to choose a column or feature. The feature was to be about the qualities that make a good leader. The column was an opportunity to express an opinion about a topic in the news. Rubric Code: J2WA6X7 By faulks Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

NIE Rubric
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Average 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Focus	Excellent Sharp, clear main idea	Good Main idea is present	Average No clear main idea, but some points are mentioned	Poor Little or no main idea
Content	Excellent Fully developed idea	Good Developed idea	Average Content is minimal and ideas need more development	Poor Idea is minimally developed
Organization	Excellent Highly organized essay Effective intro., body and conclusion Paragraph Structure is perfect Ideas clearly flow from one topic to the next	Good Logically organized Intro., body and conclusion is present Paragraph structure is effective Ideas flow from one topic to the next	Average Minimal organization Intro., body and/or conclusion missing Paragraph structure attempted Ideas are "choppy" and do not flow	Poor No Organization Present Missing intro and conclusion Paragraph structure missing Ideas are out of sequence and do not read smoothly
Style	Excellent Strong variety of vocab and sentence structure with strong awareness of audience.	Good Some variety of vocab and sentence structure with awareness of audience.	Average Little or no variety of vocab and sentence structure with little awareness of audience.	Poor No variety of vocab and sentence structure with no awareness of audience.
Grammar/Mechanics	Excellent 0-1 error in verb tense/agreement,, spelling and sentence structure	Good 2-4 errors in verb tense/agreement, spelling and sentence structure	Average 5-7 errors in verb tense/agreement, spelling and sentence structure	Poor 8 or more errors in verb tense/agreement, spelling and sentence structure
Requirements	Excellent Printed at the beginning of class and ready to turn in immediately double-spaced 12 font/Times New Roman or Ariel No more than 3 pages long	Good Completed but needed to be printed at the beginning of class double-spaced 12 font/Times New Roman or Ariel No more than 3 pages long	Average one day late One of the following wrong: double-spaced 12 font/Times New Roman or Ariel No more than 3 pages long	Poor two days late Two of the following wrong: double-spaced 12 font/Times New Roman or Ariel No more than 3 pages long