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2nd Grade Descriptive Writing Rubric 2nd Grade Descriptive Writing Rubric Using adjectives, write about yourself-what you look like and what you like to do and why. Rubric Code: Y77BC6 By mmansfield Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

2nd Grade Descriptive Writing
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Grammar
Capitalization Beginning of sentence and for proper nouns.	Poor Significant errors in using upper and lower case letters.	Fair Occassional errors in upper and lower case letters.	Good Generally uses proper capitalization, with few errors.	Excellent Consistent use of proper capitalization with no errors.
Punctuation (. ! ?)	Poor Significant amount of punctuation errors.	Fair Occasional errors in punctuation.	Good Generally uses proper punctuation, with few errors.	Excellent Consisten use of proper punctuation with no errors.
Spelling	Poor Significant amount of misspelled words.	Fair Occasional errors in spelling.	Good Most of words of spelling correctly, and few are misspelled.	Excellent Consistently displays correct spellings in words.
Use of present tense.	Poor Present and past tenses confused with incorrect t reference.	Fair Some correct use of present tense with correct reference.	Good Most sentences use correct verb tense and reference	Excellent all sentences contain correct use of verb tense and reference.
Content
Topic Sentence Is there a topic sentence that introduces the writer is about to talk about?	Poor Absence of a topic sentence.	Fair Topic sentence present, but does not effectively introduce the topics that are discussed in the paper.	Good Topic sentence present and it somewhat introduces the proper topics of the paper.	Excellent Topic sentence present and serves as a proper introduction to the topics that are discussed in the paper.
Closing Sentence Is there a closing sentence that concludes what the writer has said?	Poor Absence of a closing sentence.	Fair Closing sentence present, but does not effectively conclude the topics that are discussed in the paper.	Good Closing sentence present and it somewhat concludes the proper topics of the paper.	Excellent Closing sentence present and serves as a proper conclusion of the topics that are discussed in the paper.
Adjectives Does the writer use five or more adjectives in the paper?	Poor No adjectives or descriptive words are used.	Fair 1-2 adjectives are used.	Good 3-4 adjectives are used.	Excellent 5 or more adjectives are used.
Sentence Variety Do all of the sentences have a variety of structures?	Poor Sentences show no variety. All sentences display the same structure.	Fair Sentences show little variety. Most sentences display the same structure.	Good Most sentences display a variety of structures.	Excellent Sentences display a great variety of structures.

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