iRubric: Expository Writing - Animal Description rubric

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Expository Writing - Animal Description Students will write a report on an assigned animal. The report will contain three paragraphs that give the animal's physical description, animal's diet, and animal's habitat. Rubric Code: A366W8 By pduchesne Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Animal Report
	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Physical Description	Good Student includes complete details to describe the animal.	Fair Student includes some details to describe the animal.	Poor Student includes few details to describe the animal.
Diet	Good Catergorizes animal as herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore. Includes many items in animal's diet.	Fair Categorizes animal as herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore, but only includes some items in the animal's diet.	Poor Does not categorize animal as herbiore, carnivore, or omnivore. Includes few items in the animal's diet.
Habitat	Good Includes specific habitat of animal. Includes geographic locations of animal's habitat.	Fair Includes general habitat of animal. Includes few if any geographic locations of animal's habitat.	Poor Does not include specific habitat of animal. Does not include any geographic locations of animal's habitat.
Spelling	Good Contains few if any spelling mistakes.	Fair Contains some spelling mistakes.	Poor Contains many spelling mistakes.
Grammar/Punctuation	Good Contains few if any mistakes in captialization, punctuation, grammar, etc. Contain complete sentences.	Fair Contains some mistakes in captialization, punctuation, grammar, etc. Contains some fragments and run on sentences.	Poor Contains many mistakes in captialization, punctuation, grammar, etc. Contains many fragments and run on sentences.