Informational or Explanatory Text-Based Writing Rubric Grades 9–10 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – makes effective use of available makes adequate use of available makes limited use of available makes inadequate use of available resources resources resources resources effectively uses relevant and sufficient uses relevant and sufficient text inconsistently uses relevant and fails to use relevant and sufficient text text support from the resources with support from the resources with sufficient text support from the support from the resources with Reading/ Research accuracy accuracy resources with accuracy accuracy effectively uses credible sources* uses credible sources* inconsistently uses credible sources* attempts to use credible sources* The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – addresses all aspects of the writing addresses the writing task with a addresses the writing task with an attempts to address the writing task task with a tightly focused and detailed focused response inconsistent focus but lacks focus response develops the topic using well-chosen, inconsistently develops the topic develops the topic using facts, skillfully develops the topic using relevant, and sufficient facts, using well-chosen, relevant, and definitions, concrete details, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, sufficient facts, extended definitions, quotations, or other information and extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and concrete details, quotations, or other examples that are irrelevant and/or quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the information and examples appropriate insufficient examples appropriate to the of the topic to the of the audience’s knowledge audience’s knowledge demonstrates inadequate use of Development of the topic topic demonstrates adequate use of writing writing process (using technology audience’s knowledge demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology when demonstrates limited use of writing when applicable) ∆ process (using technology when process (using technology when applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆
Informational or Explanatory Text-Based Writing Rubric Grades 9–10 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 Reading/ Research The writing – makes effective use of available resources effectively uses relevant and sufficient text support from the resources with accuracy effectively uses credible sources* The writing – makes adequate use of available resources uses relevant and sufficient text support from the resources with accuracy uses credible sources* The writing – makes limited use of available resources inconsistently uses relevant and sufficient text support from the resources with accuracy inconsistently uses credible sources* The writing – makes inadequate use of available resources fails to use relevant and sufficient text support from the resources with accuracy attempts to use credible sources* Development The writing – addresses all aspects of the writing task with a tightly focused and detailed response skillfully develops the topic using relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology when applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with a focused response develops the topic using well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic demonstrates adequate use of writing process (using technology when applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with an inconsistent focus inconsistently develops the topic using well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic demonstrates limited use of writing process (using technology when applicable) ∆ The writing – attempts to address the writing task but lacks focus develops the topic using facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples that are irrelevant and/or insufficient demonstrates inadequate use of writing process (using technology when applicable) ∆
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