| Reasoning |
-the main idea is unclear or absent
-ideas are unrelated to to the
setting, characters or event
-no descriptive details or words about the
setting,
characters or events |
-the main idea is simple and partly developed
-some ideas are related to the setting,
characters or event
-some descriptive details and words about the
setting, characters or events |
-the main idea clear and developed
-ideas are almost all related to the
setting, characters or event
-descriptive details and words about the
setting, characters or events
|
-the main idea clear, developed, and explained
-all ideas are related to the setting,
characters or event
-descriptive and expressive details and strong
words about the setting, characters or events |
|
Communication |
-the feeling of place, time, & atmosphere is
not expressed
-setting is unclear & hard to
understand
-sentences are simple and incomplete
|
-some feeling of place, time, & atmosphere is
expressed
-the setting is partly understood
-sentences are simple and repeated
|
-the feeling of place, time, & atmosphere is
expressed
-the setting is clearly understood
-sentences are varied and complete |
-a strong feeling of place, time, & atmosphere
is expressed
-the setting is clear and interesting
-different patterns of complex and complete sentences
|
|
Organization |
-ideas are not in order
-paragraph does not have a topic sentence
-ideas in the body are not connected
-paragraph does not have a concluding sentence
|
-some ideas are in order
-paragraph has a topic sentence but the main
idea is unclear
-some ideas are connected but they don't flow together
-paragraph has a concluding sentence but the ideas are not summarized
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-ideas are in order
-paragraph has a topic sentence that states the main idea
-ideas in the body are connected and flow together
-paragraph has a concluding sentence that summarizes the ideas
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-ideas are linked and interconnected
-topic sentence grabs your attention &
expresses the main idea
-ideas in the body naturally flow together
- concluding sentence confidently summarizes the ideas
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| Conventions |
-paragraph does not have a title or indent
-writing is unclear and messy
-many spelling errors
-many capital and punctuation errors |
-paragraph has a title or is indented
-writing is somewhat neat and clear
-some spelling is correct
-some capitals and punctuation are correct
|
-paragraph has a title and is indented
-writing is neat and clear
-spelling is correct
-capitals and punctuation are correct |
-thoughtful title and indent
-writing is neat and very clear
-spelling is accurate
-capitals and punctuation are accurate |