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The Writing Process The Writing Process A rubric that assesses students' use of the writing process. This rubric also assesses students' reflection of their writing. Rubric Code: G8B4X9 By lelatiolais Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

The Writing Process This rubric grades the five steps in the writing process.
	ADVANCED Exceeded expectations 5 pts	Mastered Met the standards 4 pts	BASIC Met the standards 3 pts	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Almost met the standards 2 pts	Not satisfied Did not meet the standards 1 pts
Planning First Step in the Writing Process	ADVANCED Detailed evidence showing time spent brainstorming and organizing ideas for this story in a 4 square	Mastered Evidence shows the use of brainstorming and organizing ideas for this story in a 4 square	BASIC Some evidence that shows time spent brainstorming and organizing ideas for this story in a 4 square	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Little time spent brainstorming, organizing and prewriting ideas for this story in a 4 square	Not satisfied Hardly any time spent brainstorming, organizing and prewriting ideas for this story in a 4 square
DRAFT Second Step in The Writing Process	ADVANCED Rough draft clearly includes ideas from Brainstorming & Prewriting. Evidence shows clear organization, sentence fluency, good use of words	Mastered Rough draft includes ideas from Brainstorming & Prewriting. Evidence shows that student used some organization, sentence fluency, good use of words	BASIC Rough draft includes limited ideas from Brainstorming & Prewriting. An attempt was made to include organization, sentence fluency, good use of words	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Rough draft includes some ideas from Brainstorming & Prewriting.	Not satisfied Rough draft includes little to no ideas from Brainstorming & Prewriting.
Content Followed the ELA Checklist	ADVANCED Read/reread directions and writing topic carefully. Present a clear main idea with supporting details from the passage in logical order.	Mastered Read/reread directions and writing topic carefully. Present a main idea with supporting details from the passage in logical order.	BASIC Read/reread directions and writing topic carefully. Present a main idea with some supporting details from the passage in logical order.	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT One of the following is missing: Read/reread directions and writing topic carefully. Present a clear main idea with supporting details from the passage in logical order.	Not satisfied One or more is missing: Read/reread directions and writing topic carefully. Present a clear main idea with supporting details from the passage in logical order.
EDITING Third Step in The Writing Process -ORGANIZATION -PUNCTUATION -SPELLING	ADVANCED Student has no capitalization, punctuation or spelling errors in their final product. Models above average organization of paragraph writing.	Mastered Student has few capitalization, punctuation or spelling errors in their final product. Shows understanding of paragraph organization.	BASIC Student has some capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors. Distracts from writing. Does not model an understand of paragraph organization.	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Student has several capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors. Distracts from writing. Does not model an understand of paragraph organization.	Not satisfied Student's final product has excessive capitalization, punctuate and spelling errors making writing difficult to follow. Does not model understanding of paragraph organization
Style Followed the ELA Checklist	ADVANCED Student uses a good variety of sentence types and lengths that makes the writing easy to follow.	Mastered Student uses a variety of sentence types and lengths that makes the writing easy to follow	BASIC Student uses different sentence types and lengths that makes the writing easy to follow	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Student uses some different sentence types or lengths that makes the writing easy to follow	Not satisfied Student did not use different sentence types or lengths that makes the writing easy to follow
REVISING Fourth Step in The Writing Process	ADVANCED Student made exceptional changes to writing, changing/adding details and description or changed words to make writing more attractive to reader.	Mastered Student revision shows adequate changes made to content and ideas or changed words in writing. Details were added to enhance writing.	BASIC Student attempted to make changes to their writing, however the changes were minimal.	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Student spent little to no time revising. Little to no changes were made to piece based upon the class directions or student's revising goal.	Not satisfied Student spent no time revising. Little to no changes were made to piece based upon the class directions or student's revising goal.
PUBLISHING Fifth Step in The Writing Process	ADVANCED Final draft is complete. The story was developed and had a clear beginning, middle and ending. Final Copy written very neatly.	Mastered Final draft is complete and there is evidence that there was adequate effort made to develop the story. Final Copy written neatly.	BASIC Final draft is complete but has very little idea development. Final copy is readable, but could be written more neatly.	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Final draft is incomplete, has little idea development. Final Copy could have been written much more neatly.	Not satisfied Final draft is incomplete, has little idea development. Final Copy is difficult to read.
PARTICIPATION Use of time in class.	ADVANCED Student always used classtime wisely. All conversations during class were focused on the writing process.	Mastered Student mostly used classtime wisely. The majority of the time the student was focused on the writing process and only one or two times did the student get off-task.	BASIC Student sometimes used classtime wisely, however, student had to be refocused and reminded to work on the writing process. Student conversations/actions focused on other topics instead of writing.	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Student frequently had to be refocused/reminded to work on the writing process. Student did not use classtime wisely.	Not satisfied Student frequently had to be refocused/reminded to work on the writing process. Student did not use classtime wisely. Did not complete story on time.

Keywords:

The Writing Process, Brainstorming, PreWriting, Rough Draft, Revising, Editing, Final Draft, Rubric, Idea Development

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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