Information Paragraph Rubric Approaches the Achieves the Exceeds the Significantly exceed required level required level required the required 0 49% 50 64% 65 79% 80 100% – – – – Knowledge/ Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some Demonstrates Demonstrates thorough knowledge of form of knowledge of form of considerable knowledge of form of Understanding information paragraph information paragraph knowledge of form of information paragraph information paragraph Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some Demonstrates Demonstrates thorough understanding of texts understanding of texts considerable understanding of texts understanding of texts Thinking/ Inquiry Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some Demonstrates Demonstrates a high competence making competence making considerable degree of competence inferences, connecting inferences, connecting competence making making inferences, ideas from reading, ideas from reading, inferences, connecting connecting ideas from developing ideas, developing ideas, from reading, reading, developing selecting and selecting and developing ideas, ideas, selecting and organizing information, organizing selecting and organizing information, explaining information, organizing explaining explaining information, explaining Communication Communicates ideas Communicates Communicates ideas Communicates ideas and information with and information with and information with a and information with a limited clarity some clarity considerable clarity high degree of effectiveness and clarity Paragraph does not Paragraph usually Paragraph flows from Paragraph flows flow clearly from one from one idea to the one point to the next effectively from one idea to the next next point to the next Application Uses language Uses language Uses language Uses language conventions with conventions with conventions with conventions accurately limited accuracy and some accuracy and considerable accuracy and effectively all or effectiveness effectiveness and effectiveness most of the time Uses the writing Uses the writing Uses the writing process with limited process with some process with Uses the writing process competence competence considerable with a high degree of competence competence
Information Paragraph Rubric Approaches the required level 0 – 49% Achieves the required level 50 – 64% Exceeds the required 65 – 79% Significantly exceed the required 80 – 100% Knowledge/ Understanding Demonstrates limited knowledge of form of information paragraph Demonstrates limited understanding of texts Demonstrates some knowledge of form of information paragraph Demonstrates some understanding of texts Demonstrates considerable knowledge of form of information paragraph Demonstrates considerable understanding of texts Demonstrates thorough knowledge of form of information paragraph Demonstrates thorough understanding of texts Thinking/ Inquiry Demonstrates limited competence making inferences, connecting ideas from reading, developing ideas, selecting and organizing information, explaining Demonstrates some competence making inferences, connecting ideas from reading, developing ideas, selecting and organizing information, explaining Demonstrates considerable competence making inferences, connecting from reading, developing ideas, selecting and organizing information, explaining Demonstrates a high degree of competence making inferences, connecting ideas from reading, developing ideas, selecting and organizing information, explaining Communication Communicates ideas and information with limited clarity Paragraph does not flow clearly from one idea to the next Communicates and information with some clarity Paragraph usually from one idea to the next Communicates ideas and information with a considerable clarity Paragraph flows from one point to the next Communicates ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness and clarity Paragraph flows effectively from one point to the next Application Uses language conventions with limited accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with limited competence Uses language conventions with some accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with some competence Uses language conventions with considerable accuracy and effectiveness Uses the writing process with considerable competence Uses language conventions accurately and effectively all or most of the time Uses the writing process with a high degree of competence