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Six Traits Writing Rubric
Six Traits Writing Rubric
Six Traits Assessment keyed to Institute for Excellence in Writing concepts. Scoring level 1 is deleted, and scoring level 2 is renamed "Do Again" to emphasize push for excellence.
Rubric Code:
B58C54
By
lisalund
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
6-8
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6 Point 6 Traits - Weighted
DEVELOPING
2 pts
EMERGING
3 pts
PROFICIENT
4 pts
EFFECTIVE
5 pts
EXEMPLARY
6 pts
Ideas
DEVELOPING
Loosely focused
EMERGING
Generalities and filler outweigh quality detail
PROFICIENT
Quality detail outweighs generalities, filler
EFFECTIVE
Clear and focused thought; strong main idea
EXEMPLARY
Clear, focused, compelling ideas
Organization
DEVELOPING
Hard to follow; needs much re-ordering
EMERGING
Some out of place information
PROFICIENT
Order functional; structure supportive; functional lead and conclusion
EFFECTIVE
Order works well with topic & purpose; strong leads, thoughtful transitions
EXEMPLARY
Thoughtful structure; well-crafted transitions; unforgettable opening
Word Choice
DEVELOPING
Flat language or thesaurus overload
EMERGING
Moments of imprecision; now and then a “gem”
(Missing at least one strong verb, quality adjective or "ly" word per paragraph)
PROFICIENT
Functional, clear language;some promising moments
(Most paragraphs have strong verbs, quality adjectives and sparkling adverbs.)
EFFECTIVE
Precise, vivid, natural language; striking, fresh phrases
(Most paragraphs have more than one strong verb)
EXEMPLARY
Powerful, stunning verbs; you want to read it more than once to savor the words
(Many strong verbs and quality adjectives in piece)
Sentence Fluency
DEVELOPING
Awkward enough to make reader stumble, re-read often
(Relies too much on one particular type of opener)
EMERGING
Mechanical, but still readable; repetitive beginnings
(A few different sentence openers)
PROFICIENT
Some variety in length, structure, beginnings; few awkward moments
(A few different setence openers, attempted transitions)
EFFECTIVE
Easy going flow, highly readable, purposeful sentence beginnings
(Different sentence openers and some transitions)
EXEMPLARY
Skims, sings, dances along like a lively script; easy to read with inflection
(Many different sentence openers and excellent transitions)
Conventions
DEVELOPING
Noticeable, frequent, distracting errors; line-by-line editing required
EMERGING
Noticeable, distracting errors that may affect meaning; errors even on basics
PROFICIENT
Noticeable, but minor errors that do not obscure meaning; needs a good once-over
EFFECTIVE
Minor errors that are easily overlooked; minor touchups
EXEMPLARY
Only the pickiest editors will spot errors
Keywords:
6 Traits, six traits, writing
Subjects:
English
Types:
Writing
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