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"How To" Writing 
How To Paragraph
The students will write a "How To" paper over how to make a bookmark. We created bookmarks as a class for our Book Buddies.
Rubric Code: SBC6W8
By davissm
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric How To Writing
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

Sentence Construction
4 pts

Poor

The passage contains 5 or more grammar errors.
and/or
The passage has 5 or more capitalization & punctuation errors.
Fair

The passage contains 3 or 4 grammar error.
and/or
The passage has 3 or 4 more capitalization & punctuation errors.
Good

The passage contains 1 or 2 grammar errors.
and/or
The passage has 1 or 2 capitalization & punctuation errors.
Excellent

The passage is free of grammar errors.
and/or

The passage is free of capitalization & punctuation errors.
Spelling
4 pts

Poor

The student did not spell grade level words with appropriate letter/sound spelling.
Second Grade sight words are not spelled correctly.
Fair

The student misspelled 4-6 grade level words
and/or
4-6 Sight words are spelled incorrectly.
Good

The student misspelled 2-3 grade level words
and/or
2-3 Sight words are spelled incorrectly
Excellent

The student spelled grade level words with appropriate letter/sound spelling. Sight words are spelled correctly.
Description of Process
4 pts

Poor

The steps are not not all present, clear, or in order.
Fair

The steps of the How To Paragraph are there. However, they are not clear to the reader
or
1 step is left out.
Good

The writer wrote the steps of how to do something. Some steps could have been a little more clear.
Excellent

The writer did an excellent job telling the reader how to do something. The steps are clear and specific.
Use of Sequence Words
4 pts

Poor

The writer did not use any sequence words.
or
The steps are very confusing to the reader.
Fair

The writer used very few sequence words in this project. The steps are somewhat confusing.
Good

The writer used some sequence words while writing the "how to" paragraph. The lack of sequence words did not effect the "how to" paragraph.
Excellent

The writer used sequence words to show how to do something.
Word Choice-vocabulary
4 pts

Poor

The writer does not have acceptable word choice in this paragraph.
Fair

The writer has did not use a variety of different word choices for the paragraph.
Good

The writer has nice word choice. They could have writen with a little more descriptivness.
Excellent

The writer has excellent word choice and uses descriptive words in their writing.
Introduction & Conclusion
4 pts

Poor

The writer did not include an introduction or a conclusion.
Fair

The writer is missing either the introduction or the conclusion.
Good

The writer has one basic sentence for both the introduction and the conclusion.
Excellent

The writer used 2 or more sentences in both the introduction and conclusion. They are well thought out and meaningful.
Score
1 pts

Poor

6 7 8

50 55 60
Fair

9 10-11 12-13

65 68 70
Good

14 15 16-17 18-19

73 76 82 86
Excellent

20-21 22-23 24

91 95 100




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