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6-8 Grade Writing Rubric 6-8 Grade Writing Rubric A General Rubric to evaluate Middle School writing Rubric Code: E7B87A By schlakeam Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

6-8 Grade Writing
	Keep Trying 1 pts	You're Getting There 2 pts	You Got It! 3 pts	Awesome! 4 pts
Ideas	Keep Trying I don't understand what you are telling me, the reader. There are no details to explain your ideas.	You're Getting There You have some details. There is some action but no explanation. It is a bit difficult to understand your idea.	You Got It! Specific details are used to tell the story. One or two more may help the reader visualize the story and understand your idea better.	Awesome! Interesting, specific details are used to "show" what is going on in the story. Details help the reader visualize the action in the story.
Word Choice	Keep Trying Lacking expressive language. No creative words are used.	You're Getting There Words are mostly ordinary and lack creativeness. Creating a mental image from the words is difficult to do.	You Got It! Some words are carefully chosen using adjectives and adverbs. A clear picture is created.	Awesome! Words are carefully chosen to include specific nouns, strong action-packed verbs, and uncommon adjectives and adverbs create vivid pictures and express clear feelings. All strong words are used correctly.
Sentence/Paragraph Fluency	Keep Trying Run-ons and fragments are seen throughout the piece. Reading the sentences can be challenging.	You're Getting There Sentences begin the same. Few compound and complex sentences.	You Got It! Most sentences follow the same pattern but there is some variety. There are some compound and complex sentences.	Awesome! Beginnings of sentences are varied and include compound and complex sentences.
Organization	Keep Trying The writing is unclear so that finding the beginning, middle and/or end is challenging. No transition words.	You're Getting There The beginning, middle and end are harder to identify and one or more may be missing. Some missing and/or common/repetitive transition words.	You Got It! The beginning, middle and end are obvious and easy to follow. They appear in a logical order and include the use of story transition words.	Awesome! The piece begins with a hook or a lead that captures the reader's attention. The middle is logical and the end is appropriate and clear.
Conventions	Keep Trying The writing contained more than 12 errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The errors interfere with the story.	You're Getting There The writing contained 8-12 errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The errors may effect the story's meaning or message. Errors make the story difficut to understand-	You Got It! The writing contains 4-7 errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar-- but the errors do NOT interfere with the story.	Awesome! The writing contains 0-3 errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar usage.
Voice	Keep Trying Writer’s personality is not evident. Connection to audience and purpose/tone is lacking. Writing evokes minimal emotion in the reader.	You're Getting There Writer’s personality is is hard to see Connection to audience and purpose/tone is limited.Writing evokes little emotion in the reader.	You Got It! Writer’s personality pokes through. Connection to audience and purpose/tone is appropriate. Writing evokes some emotion in the reader.	Awesome! Writer’s personality is clear. Connection to audience and strong purpose/tone. Writing evokes strong emotion in the reader.

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