Category
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Commendable
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3 – Meets Standards
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2 – Approaching Standards
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1 – Below Standards
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Writing Strategies
Content
Focus
Organization
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Mature Writing that demonstrates sophistication beyond grade level
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Piece fully addresses the topic in a clear multi-paragraph response
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Introduction clearly states the well developed topic and previews the structure of the paper.
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Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious and predictable
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The conclusion is strong and leaves the reader feeling that they understand the writer’s purpose
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Piece partially addresses the topic
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Main idea is somewhat clear, but there is a need for more supporting information
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Introduction states the simple main topic and previews the structure of the paper
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Supporting details and information are relevant, but one or more key issues or portion of the storyline is unsupported
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Conclusion is recognizable and ties up almost all the loose ends
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Piece does not address / or minimally addresses topic
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Main idea is not clear, there is a seemingly random collection of information
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There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper
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Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic
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The conclusion is weak or missing
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Writing Applications
Sentence Structure
Vocabulary
Voice
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Mature Writing that demonstrates sophistication beyond grade level
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Language is clear
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Variety of sentences, including complex and compound, using transitions to connect ideas
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Precise and vivid vocabulary
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Writer’s voice is strong, clear, and consistent
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Language is inconsistent
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Some evidence of sentence variety
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Some evidence of precise/vivid vocabulary
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Writer’s voice is evident, but inconsistent
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Language is vague
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Little or no sentence variety
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Limited, simple vocabulary
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Writer’s voice is weak or not present
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Writing Conventions
Spelling
Grammar
Punctuation
Capitalization
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Mature Writing that demonstrates sophistication beyond grade level
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Student has control of most 5th grade appropriate conventions
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Grammatical errors are limited and not distracting (pronoun and verb usage is correct)
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Spelling does not distract from content, common multisyllabic words are generally spelled correctly
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There are few errors in capitalization or punctuation (including correct usage of quotation marks and colons), so the paper is exceptionally easy to read
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Errors in grammar, punctuation and/or spelling are distracting
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There are some grammatical errors that distract the reader
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Common words are spelled incorrectly, spelling errors may distract the reader from some content
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There are some errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader’s attention and interrupt the flow
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Errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation make the piece difficult to read
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There are many grammatical errors that cause the piece to be hard to read
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Many common words are spelled incorrectly and are distracting to the reader
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There are many errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that distract the reader’s attention
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