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Descriptive Paragraph Les 7 Physical and Character Traits 
Character Description
Prompt Describe someone you admire. Write 2 paragraphs. First Paragraph, write a physical description of the person you admire with supporting details, or examples to create a visual of your person. Second paragraph, write about the person's character traits or qualities
Rubric Code: D89B8C
By dsienicki
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Satisfactory

3 pts

Very good

4 pts

Excellent

5 pts

Physical Description

Can we visualize the person you admire?
Poor

Limited physical description. The writer does not seem to have used their graphic organizer and/or a thesaurus.
Fair

Physical description, includes at least one vivid example to support physical feature described.
Satisfactory

Physical description, includes at least
two -three vivid examples to support physical features described.
Very good

Physical description, includes several vivid examples to support physical features described.
Excellent

Physical description, includes several vivid examples to support physical features described.. The writer successfully creates a
a description that conveys creativity and effort
Character Traits & Qualities

Can we imagine how the person you admire feels, sounds, or acts:
Poor

Limited description of character traits or qualities. The write does not seem to have used their graphic organizer and/or thesaurus to helps us get to know their person.
Fair

Includes at least one description of a character trait or quality.
There is an attempt to describe what the person is like.
Satisfactory

Includes at least two-three descriptions of character traits or qualities.
There is a description of what the person is like.
Very good

Includes several vivid examples or descriptions of character traits or qualities.
We begin to feel like we can image what the person is like.
Excellent

Includes several vivid examples or descriptions of character traits or qualities.
The writer creatively invites us to get to know what the person is like.
Organization

Did you include evidence of pre-planning?
Poor

Writer shows little evidence of planning, thought, or detail..
Fair

Writer shows some evidence of planning but lacks thought and detail.
Satisfactory

Writer shows evidence of planning and thought but lacks detail. .
Very good

Writer shows evidence of planning through his/her character description.
Excellent

Writer shows evidence of careful planning and thought through his/her character description.
Conventions

Did you proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization errors?
Poor

Writing exhibits a failure to proofread or edit through numerous errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, which distract the reader.
Fair

Writing exhibits evidence of editing, but still contains grammatical and/or spelling errors which distract the reader.
Satisfactory

Writing exhibits numerous errors, but they do not detract from the meaning of the story.
Very good

Writing exhibits several errors, but they do not detract from the meaning of the story.
Excellent

Writing exhibits careful editing/proofreading with few to no errors.




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