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Writing Unseen Scene for "Across the Barricades" Rubric for Dialogue Writing Piece Students write an additional scene for the play "Across the Barricades." Rubric Code: Y622A3 By jschae1171 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Sentence Fluency Length and Structure	Excellent The writing has: sentences that show exceptional use of sentence variety and complexity of structure.	Good The writing has: sentences that are skillfully constructed with appropriate variety in length and structure.	Fair The writing has: sentences that are generally complete with sufficient variety in length and structure.	Needs Improvement The writing has: sentence formation errors and/or a lack of sentence variety.	Poor The writing has: frequent and severe sentence formation errors and/or a lack of sentence variety.
Mechanics Correct conventions, capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.	Excellent The writing has: exceptional capitalization, word usage, punctuation including indention of paragraphs, and precise spelling.	Good The writing has: consistently correct capitalization, word usage, punctuation including indention of paragraphs, and precise spelling.	Fair The writing has: generally correct capitalization, word usage, punctuation including indention of paragraphs , and precise spelling.	Needs Improvement The writing has: some errors in capitalization,word usage, punctuation including indention of paragraphs, and spelling.	Poor The writing has: frequent and severe errors in capitalization, word usage, punctuation including indention of paragraphs, and spelling.
Word choice Descriptive and varied word choice	Excellent The writing has: sentences that show exceptionally precise, specific, descriptive and vivid word choice including alliterations or other literary devices.	Good The writing has: sentences that show consistently appropriate word choices that are generally precise, varied, and descriptive.	Fair The writing has generally varied and descriptive word choice that are appropriate for the image being described.	Needs Improvement The writing has: some general and repetitive words that may be inappropriate or ineffective to the image or activity being described.	Poor The writing has: general, repetitive, and/or confusing word choices that often are inappropriate or ineffective in describing the activity or image.
Dialogue	Excellent The writing has: dialogue that is consistently easy to follow and understand between individual participants.	Good The writing has: dialogue that is generally easy to follow and understandable.	Fair The writing has dialogue that is somewhat easy to follow and understand between individuals yet has errors that interfere with understanding.	Needs Improvement The writing has dialogue that is somewhat difficult to follow and understand between individuals yet has errors that interfere with understanding.	Poor The writing has dialogue that is generally difficult to follow and understand between individuals as well as has errors that interfere with understanding.
Ideas and Content	Excellent The writing adds to the general theme of the play. It makes sense within the context of the play.	Good The writing mostly adds to the general theme of the play. It makes sense within the context of the play.	Fair The writing somewhat adds to the general theme of the play. It makes some sense within the context of the play.	Needs Improvement The writing does not add to the general theme of the play. It makes little sense within the context of the play.	Poor The writing does not add to the general theme of the play. It makes no sense within the context of the play.
Voice	Excellent The writing uses the same voice as the characters in the original play.	Good The writing mostly uses the same voice as the characters in the original play.	Fair The writing somewhat uses the same voice as the characters in the original play.	Needs Improvement The writing does not use the same voice as the characters in the original play.	Poor The writing does not remain true to the characters at all. It is not a continuation of the play.
Presentation	Excellent The manuscript is a clean copy with all directions followed precisely.	Good The manuscript is a clean copy with most directions followed precisely.	Fair The manuscript is a clean copy with some directions followed precisely.	Needs Improvement The manuscript is a clean copy but no directions were followed precisely.	Poor The manuscript is a clean copsloppy-looking with no directions followed precisely.
Organization	Excellent The scene is logical and fits where it is placed.	Good The scene somewhat fits where it was placed.	Fair The scene is illogical to the storyline and does not fit fit where it was placed.	Needs Improvement The scene makes little sense and does not fit where it is placed.	Poor The scene belongs to a different play altogether.

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Narrative Writing

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English

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Writing

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