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Middle School Writing Journals Writer's Notebook Rubric to use to evaluate Writing Journals Rubric Code: NX372A3 By MaryEllenS Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Writing Journal
	Exceeds Expectations 5 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Completion	Exceeds Expectations Journal entries are completed using textual references and gives detailed personal responses that respond fully to the prompt.	Acceptable Journal entries are somewhat complete, and uses textual references or gives detailed personal responses that showed an understanding of what was being read.	Needs Improvement Journal entries are incomplete, may lack uses textual references or personal responses that relate to prompt. Overall response lacked important details showing understanding of what was being read.
Response Quality	Exceeds Expectations Responses are fully developed and strongly on-topic.	Acceptable Responses are acceptably developed and remain on-topic for the most part.	Needs Improvement Responses are underdeveloped and do not remain on-topic.
Response Length	Exceeds Expectations More than 1/2 of the page has been completed.	Acceptable About 1/2 of the page has been completed.	Needs Improvement Less than 1/2 of the page has been completed.
Organization and Mechanics	Exceeds Expectations Student utilizes superior organization in their response that adds to overall development of response. Response also has very few grammatical and mechanical errors.	Acceptable Student attempts organization with structures such as paragraphs and transitions. Response has limited grammatical and mechanical errors that do not interfere with meaning.	Needs Improvement Student does not use organizing structures to organize response. Entry has grammatical and mechanical errors that interfere with meaning.