Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Monica

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Ideas & Content ! main theme ! supporting details Exceptionally clear, focused, engaging with relevant, strong supporting detail

5
Clear, focused, interesting ideas with appropriate detail

4
Evident main idea with some support which may be general or limited

3
Main idea may be cloudy because supporting detail is too general or even off-topic Attempts at organization; may be a list of events Beginning and ending not developed

2
Purpose and main idea may be unclear and cluttered by irrelevant detail

1
Lacks central idea; development is minimal or non-existent

Comments Very interesting idea. Lacked a little bit of detail in the problem as I was a little confused.

Organization ! structure ! introduction ! conclusion

Effectively organized in logical and creative manner Creative and engaging intro and conclusion

Strong order and structure Inviting intro and satisfying closure organised into appropriate paragraphs Contains a beg, middle and end and includes important events connecting these areas.

Organization is appropriate, but conventional Attempt at introduction and conclusion Contains a beg, middle and end evidence of paragraphing

Lack of structure; disorganized and hard to follow Missing or weak intro and conclusion

Lack of coherence; confusing No identiable introduction or conclusion

Well structured with a build up, climax and twisty ending.

Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Monica

Voice !personality !sense of audience Expressive, engaging, sincere Strong sense of audience Shows emotion: humour, honesty, suspense or life Appropriate to audience and purpose Writer behind the words comes through includes more than one example of Show not Tell steps Descriptive, broad range of words Word choice energizes writing deliberate effort made to revise vocabulary Easy ow and rhythm Good variety in length and structure variety of sentence starters appropriate use of transitional vocab Evident commitment to topic includes one example of Show not Tell steps Voice may be inappropriate or non-existent Writing may seem mechanical Writing tends to be at or stiff Little or no hint of writer behind words Writing is lifeless No hint of the writer Shared a lot of the characters thoughts which gave the writing a lot of personality.

Word Choice !precision !effectiveness !imagery

Precise, carefully chosen Strong, fresh, vivid images

Language is functional and appropriate Descriptions may be overdone at times

Words may be correct but mundane No attempt at deliberate choice

Monotonous, often repetitious, sometimes inappropriate

Limited range of words Some vocabulary misused

Word choice suited the style of writing.

Sentence Fluency !rhythm, ow !variety

High degree of craftsmanship Effective variation in sentence patterns

Generally in control Lack variety in length and structure complex sentences (containing two parts)

Some awkward constructions Many similar patterns and beginnings

Often choppy Monotonous sentence patterns Frequent runon sentences

Difficult to follow or read aloud Disjointed, confusing, rambling

Like the use of short sentences for emphasis. Lots of introductory phrases and embedded clauses. Would like to see some more ing and ly sentence starters.

Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Monica

Conventions !age appropriate, spelling, caps, punctuation, grammar Exceptionally strong control of standard conventions of writing Strong control of conventions; errors are few and minor (e.g. commas used to break up sentences, speech marks) Control of most writing conventions; occasional errors (e.g. capitals, fullstops, exclamation marks, question marks, commas in lists) Limited control of conventions; frequent errors do not interfere with understanding Frequent signicant errors may impede readability Numerous errors distract the reader and make the text difficult to read Very good comma use.

Continuum Level: late uent

Date:04/02/12

Overall comment. Great idea Monica, Ive never read a story done that way before, very innovative.