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*Following rubric
was adapted by L.Burk from the Domain Scoring Guide.
PSSA
Writing Rubric Checklist
Student Name
_________________________________ Room _______________
At McKnight “It’s Right
to Write.” Use the information from the writing rubric below to see what you
are doing well and what areas you can focus on to improve.
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- Easy to understand
- Introduction with
good topic sentence
- Made a clear point
about the topic
- Ends with clear
conclusion
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- Understandable
- Has some type of
beginning, middle, and end
- Sticks to the topic
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- Limited ideas
- Sentences that don’t
relate to the topic
- No beginning and/ or
conclusion
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- Details ( facts,
examples, opinions) are clear
- Details are specific
and well explained
- Details are
sufficient to make the point or explain the topic
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- Some details( facts,
examples, opinions) are clear
- Some details are well
explained
- More than one detail
but more could be added
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- Details( facts,
examples, opinions)
- are confused or
unclear
- Details are very
limited or not included
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- Good sequence
- At least 3
paragraphs
- Order makes sense
- Uses transition words
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- Some sequence
- At least 2 paragraphs
- Sometimes skips
around or repeats
- Very little use of
transition words
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- Very little
organization
- Only one paragraph or
paragraph breaks are random
- No use of transition
words
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- Variety in sentence
structure and word choice
- Interesting
vocabulary- specific and “harder” words
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- Words and sentences
are mostly appropriate
- Most sentences start
the same way
- Some good word
choices but many ordinary ones
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- Limited sentence
variety- some sentences incomplete
- Limited word choices
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- Very few errors in
spelling, punctuation, or grammar
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- Some mistakes in
spelling, punctuation, grammar but still readable
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- Many mistakes in
spelling, punctuation, grammar –makes it harder to read
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COMMENTS: __________________________________________________________
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* Above rubric was adapted by L.Burk from the Domain Scoring Guide.
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