Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Maeve K

Procient 6 Ideas & Content ! main theme ! supporting details Exceptionally clear, focused, engaging with relevant, strong supporting detail Fluent 5 Clear, focused, interesting and well dened ideas with appropriate detail Bridging 4 Understanding of main idea is demonstrated but may drift off topic (irrelevant information) Contains a beg, middle and end evidence of paragraphing Expanding 3 Main idea may be cloudy because supporting detail is too general or even off-topic Attempts at organization; may be a list of events Beginning and ending not developed Beginning 2 Purpose and main idea may be unclear and cluttered by irrelevant detail Developing 1 Lacks central idea; development is minimal or non-existent Comments Clear idea. Lot of detail.

Organization ! structure ! introduction ! conclusion

Effectively organized in logical and creative manner Creative and engaging intro and conclusion

Strong order and structure Inviting intro and clear ending organised into appropriate paragraphs Contains a beg, middle and end and includes important events connecting these areas. Adapts writing for purpose and audience shows individual style (personality)

Lack of structure; disorganized and hard to follow Missing or weak intro and conclusion

Lack of coherence; confusing No identiable introduction or conclusion

Each paragraph had a topic sentence to introduce it. This was very effective in ensuring a ow throughout the story and orientating the reader. Great effort at a inviting intro and satisfying conclusion.

Voice !personality !sense of audience

Expressive, engaging, sincere Strong sense of audience Shows emotion: humour, honesty, suspense or life

attempt made to demonstrate to individual style (inconsistent)

Voice may be inappropriate or non-existent Writing may seem mechanical or immature

Writing tends to be at or stiff Little or no hint of writer behind words

Writing is lifeless No hint of the writer

Lots of insight into authors thoughts.

Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Maeve K

Word Choice !precision !effectiveness !imagery Precise, carefully chosen Strong, fresh, vivid images
A range of ambitious vocab, including simile/metaphor Word choice energizes writing deliberate effort made to avoid trash words (e.g.got, get, nice, went, said, good, stuff)
Language is functional and appropriate Descriptions may be overdone at times e.g. overuse of adjectives reliance on trash words (e.g.got, get, nice, went, said, good, stuff)

Words may be correct but mundane No attempt to use descriptive language

Monotonous, often repetitious, sometimes inappropriate

Limited range of words Some vocabulary misused

Good use of sensory descriptions. Generally good use of similes.

Sentence Fluency !rhythm, ow !variety

High degree of craftsmanship Effective variation in sentence patterns

Easy ow and
rhythm Good variety in length and structure, including simple and complex sentences containing embedded clasues. variety of sentence starters (e.g. ing and ly, compare and contrast connectives use of a range of connectives (e.g. adding, cause and effect, time)

Generally in control, sentences make sense. Lack variety in length and structure some complex sentences (containing two parts e,g, separated a comma or simple connective)

Most sentences make sense but some awkward constructions Many similar patterns and beginnings (consistent of use similar sentence openers; then, the, he, she, I)

Often choppy Monotonous sentence patterns Frequent runon sentences

Difficult to follow or read aloud Disjointed, confusing, rambling

Used long sentences for description and short sentences for emphasis. Good use of time connectives e.g. once we nish.

Grade 5 Six Traits Writing Rubric- Name: Maeve K

Conventions !age appropriate, spelling, caps, punctuation, grammar Exceptionally strong control of standard conventions of writing
Strong control of conventions; errors are few and minor (e.g. commas used to break up sentences, speech marks) Range of punctuation to include exclamation marks for powerful sentences and rhetorical questions accurate spelling consistent tense and appropriate genre

Control of basic conventions; occasional errors (e.g. capitals, fullstops, exclamation marks, question marks, commas in lists) effort made to use tense consistently

General control of conventions (e.g. capitals, full-stops); errors do not interfere with understanding

Frequent signicant errors may impede readability

Numerous errors distract the reader and make the text difficult to read

Good use of commas in list and to separate opening phrases from the rest of the sentence. Main area of challenge is the changing of tense and person (from rst to second). This had the greatest effect on the quality of the piece.

Continuum Level: Fluent Overall, this story is very descriptive and gives me a good picture of your Christmas. You clearly worked hard at using all our steps to success and I really like your similes. Your topic sentences were very well done and ensured your ideas owed well. Your challenge now is to ensure that your work is in a consistent tense and doesnt jump from rst to second person.

Date: April 2013 (Spring)