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Procedure Writing Procedure Writing Students will write a detailed procedure for a specific audience. Students must include an introduction, materials list, numbered steps, and a conclusion. Rubric Code: MXB56W4 By joemerc Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Procedural Writing
	Limited 1 pts	Basic 2 pts	Sound 3 pts	High/Outstanding 4 pts
Organization	Limited There is no introduction. The information lacks details and does not have a is logical sequence. You may have omitted one or more some steps. Few, or no, transitional words are used.	Basic Keep working at it. You left out one or more steps or they may have been out of order. This causes some confusion to the reader. Introduction or conclusion is missing.	Sound Your steps are presented clearly and in a logical order. Some transitional words and phrases are used. More details would help clarify the process.	High/Outstanding You have introduced your topic and included the necessary materials. The detailed steps are easy to follow. Your use of transitional words helps the audience follow your procedure. Your conclusion wraps the procedure up well.
Ideas and Content	Limited There is no clear or specific explanation of a process. No visuals.	Basic You put thought into this, but it is hard to tell what you are writing about. More information is needed to follow the directions. Fewer than 3 steps are included. Few pictures/diagrams are used to enhance written steps.	Sound What you are writing about is clear. You stayed with the idea. All the steps are there and can be followed. More than 5 steps are included. Some steps include a picture/diagram.	High/Outstanding What you are writing about is clear from the start. Anyone can follow the directions.More than 8 steps are included. Many steps include a clear picture/ diagram to enhance the written steps.
Word Choice	Limited There are no topic-specific word choices. Some choices do not fit the subject.	Basic There are some topic-specific word choices. They do not give the reader a clear picture.	Sound Your words match the topic and helped to illustrate procedure and most of the word choices helped to make the writing clear. Some adverbs used.	High/Outstanding You used great words that helped illustrate procedure. You used clear and exact words. Verbs have matching adverbs.
Conventions	Limited Few end marks or capital letters. Capital letters used incorrectly. Many spelling errors.	Basic Mistakes using end marks or capitals as well as spelling mistakes make the writing hard to read.	Sound Use of punctuation marks and capitals, as well as spelling, is mostly correct. Few errors exist.	High/Outstanding Almost no punctuation or capital letter mistakes. No or very few spelling errors.