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My New Year's Resolution My New Year's Resolution Do you make New Year's resolutions? What is a resolution? A resolution is a promise. It is a promise that you make to yourself! It is a tradition for people to make resolutions at the beginning of a new year. DIRECTIONS Your writing will be divided in to three parts to answer the following three sections. 1. In the first section, list at least two resolutions for your personal improvement. 2. In the second section, list at least two resolutions that have to do with family and friends. 3. In the third section, list at least two resolutions about school and the outside world. Rubric Code: GCX4WC By yiotas Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

My New Year's Resolution
	Excellent 4 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Adequate 2 pts	Limited 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Excellent Main topic is clearly stated in a complete opening sentence with correct sentence structure.	Proficient Main topic is stated in an opening sentence but sentence structure is not correct.	Adequate Main topic is not clearly stated but sentence structure is correct.	Limited Main topic is not clearly stated. Sentence structure is not correct.
Content	Excellent Student has written atleast 3 supporting details AND all sentences are on topic.	Proficient Student has written atleast 3 supporting details BUT only 2 sentences are on topic.	Adequate Student has written atleast 3 supporting details BUT only 1 sentence is on topic.	Limited Student has attempted to write supporting details BUT none are on topic.
Organization	Excellent Paragraph has a topic sentence, detail sentences in a logical order, and a concluding sentence.	Proficient Paragraph is missing either the topic sentence or concluding sentence. Details are in a logical order.	Adequate Paragraph is missing both topic sentence and concluding sentence. Details are in a logical order.	Limited Paragraph is missing both topic and concluding sentences and the details are not in a logical order.
Spelling	Excellent Spells high frequency and known spelling words correctly.	Proficient Spells some high frequency and known spelling words correctly.	Adequate Spells a few high frequency and known spelling words correctly.	Limited Misspelled many high frequency and known spelling words.There are more than 6 spelling errors.
Punctuation/Capitalization	Excellent Paragraph has 0-2 errors in punctuation and capitalization.	Proficient Paragraph has 3-4 errors in punctuation and capitalization.	Adequate Paragraph has 5-6 errors in punctuation and capitalization.	Limited Paragraph has more than 6 errors in punctuation and capitalization.