iRubric: Middle School General English Writing Rubric

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Middle School General English Writing Rubric Rubric Code: ZA6C7A By ScripC Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assessment Grade Levels: (none)

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	Strong 4 pts	Developing 3 pts	Emerging 2 pts	Beginning 1 pts
Ideas	Strong Establishes a clear focus Uses descriptive language Provides relevant information Communicates creative ideas	Developing Develops a focus Uses some descriptive language Details support idea Communicates original ideas	Emerging Attempts focus Ideas not fully developed	Beginning Lacks focus and development
Organization	Strong Establishes a strong beginning, middle and end Demonstrates an orderly flow of ideas	Developing Attempts an adequate introduction and ending Evidence of logical sequencing of ideas	Emerging Some evidence of a beginning, middle and end Some sequencing of ideas is attempted	Beginning Little or no organization Relies on a single idea
Expression	Strong Uses effective language Uses high-level vocabulary Use of sentence variety	Developing Diverse word choice Uses descriptive words Sentence variety	Emerging Limited word choice Basic sentence structure	Beginning No sense of sentence structure
Conventions	Strong Few or no errors in: grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation	Developing Some errors in: grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation	Emerging Has some difficulty in: grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation	Beginning Little or no evidence of correct grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation
Legibility	Strong Easy to read Properly spaced Proper letter formation	Developing Readable with some spacing/forming errors	Emerging Difficult to read due to spacing/forming of letters	Beginning No evidence of proper spacing/forming of letters