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Descriptive Essay Rubric
Descriptive Writing Rubric
Students will describe a place of their choice by using four of their five senses to create a descriptive essay. Writing will be graded on capitalization, punctuation, use of main idea and supporting details, spelling, and grammar usage.
Rubric Code:
R6X6B6
By
roether
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
K-5
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Descriptive Essay
Excellent
3 pts
Good
2 pts
Needs Improvement
1 pts
Conventions
Excellent
The essay is mostly free of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Good
The essay has a few capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Needs Improvement
The essay has many capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Main Idea & Details
Excellent
Each paragraph contains a main idea and at least three related details.
Good
Some paragraphs contain a main idea and some realted details.
Needs Improvement
The paragraphs do not contain a clear main idea or related details.
Description- 5 Senses Using Simile
Excellent
The essay contains the use of at least 4 of the five senses and includes descriptive words.
Good
The essay contains 2 or 3 descriptions using the five senses and descriptive words.
Needs Improvement
The essay contains 1 description using the five senses and few descriptive words.
Spelling-High Frequency Words
Excellent
The essay is free of spelling errors of high frequency words.
Good
The essay has 1 or 2 spelling errors of high frequency words.
Needs Improvement
The essay has 3 or more spelling errors of high frequency words.
Rough Draft
Excellent
Rough draft completed with errors corrected and conferenced with peer.
Good
Rough draft completed but no conference with peer.
Needs Improvement
No rough draft or rough draft not completed in time allowed.
Correct format
Excellent
The writing was written using correct form based on the format given in class. Paragraphs were indented and writing was placed on correct lines.
Good
The writing had some errors in the format. Heading, title, or lines were in the wrong place.
Needs Improvement
The writing format was not followed correctly.
Subjects:
English
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