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Descriptive Writing Rubric 
Students will describe what they do on a sleep over using their five senses to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of main idea and supporting details, spelling of high frequency words, plural and possessive noun use, subject/verb tense and agreement, and descriptors using 5 senses with similes.
Rubric Code: D37477
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: (none)

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  Excellent

3 pts

Good

2 pts

Needs Improvement

1 pts

Capitalization & Punctuation

Excellent

The essay is free of capitalization & punctuation errors.
Good

The essay has 1 or 2 capitalization & punctuation errors.
Needs Improvement

The essay has 3 or more capitalization & punctuation errors.
Main Idea & Details

Excellent

Each paragraph contains a main idea and three related details.
Good

Some paragraphs contain a main idea and some realted details.
Needs Improvement

The paragraphs do not contain a clear main idea or related details.
Grammar

Excellent

The essay contains proper use of Plural Nouns, Possessive Nouns, Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement
Good

The essay contains 1 or two errors in use of Plural Nouns, Possessive Nouns, Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement
Needs Improvement

The essay contains 3 or more errors in use of Plural Nouns, Possessive Nouns, Subject/Verb Agreement and Verb Tense Agreement
Description- 5 Senses Using Simile

Excellent

The essay contains 4 or 5 descriptions using the five senses and similes.
Good

The essay contains 2 or 3 descriptions using the five senses and similes.
Needs Improvement

The essay contains 1 description using the five senses and simile.
Spelling-High Frequency Words

Excellent

The essay is free of spelling errors of high frequency words.
Good

The essay has 1 or 2 spelling errors of high frequency words.
Needs Improvement

The essay has 3 or more spelling errors of high frequency words.
Rough Draft

Excellent

Rough draft completed with errors corrected and conferenced with teacher.
Good

Rough draft completed but no conference with teacher to correct.
Needs Improvement

No rough draft or rough draft not completed in time allowed.
Picture

Excellent

Pictures are drawn in detail and colored neatly; helps add to presentation.
Good

Picture has some detail and adds little to presentation.
Needs Improvement

Little or no detail; does not add anything to presentation.



Keywords:
  • friend, sleep over, adjectives

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