Narrative Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 2 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 if 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 provided support from the provided resources sufficient text support from the support from the provided resources (only Reading/ Research applicable) resources with accuracy with accuracy provided resources with accuracy with accuracy The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – skillfully recounts a well-elaborated recounts a well-elaborated event or recounts an event or short sequence recounts an event or short sequence event or short sequence of events short sequence of events of events with insufficient elaboration of events with little or no elaboration skillfully includes details to describe includes details to describe actions, has insufficient details to describe has few, if any, details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings thoughts, and feelings actions, thoughts, and feelings actions, thoughts, and feelings demonstrates effective use of writing demonstrates adequate use of writing demonstrates limited use of writing demonstrates inadequate use of Development process (using technology if process (using technology if process (using technology if writing process (using technology if applicable) applicable) applicable) applicable) ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – skillfully uses temporal words to signal uses temporal words to signal event uses some temporal words to signal uses few, if any, temporal words to event order order event order signal event order skillfully provides a sense of closure provides a sense of closure attempts to provide a sense of closure fails to provide a sense of closure Organization The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – demonstrates a well-developed demonstrates a command of standard demonstrates a limited and/or demonstrates a weak command of command of standard English English conventions; errors do not inconsistent command of standard standard English conventions; errors conventions interfere with understanding English conventions; errors may interfere with understanding interfere with understanding has sentences that are skillfully has sentences that are generally has frequent and severe sentence constructed with appropriate variety in complete with sufficient variety in has some sentence formation errors formation errors and/or a lack of Language/ Conventions length and structure length and structure and/or a lack of sentence variety sentence variety Added by NCSD #1 Used with permission from: Theresa Bennett/Denise Weiner/Denise Allen ∆
Narrative Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 2 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 Reading/ Research (only if applicable) The writing – makes effective use of available resources effectively uses relevant and sufficient text support from the provided resources with accuracy The writing – makes adequate use of available resources uses relevant and sufficient text support from the provided resources with accuracy The writing – makes limited use of available resources inconsistently uses relevant and sufficient text support from the provided resources with accuracy The writing – makes inadequate use of available resources fails to use relevant and sufficient text support from the provided resources with accuracy Development The writing – skillfully recounts a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events skillfully includes details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – recounts a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events includes details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings demonstrates adequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – recounts an event or short sequence of events with insufficient elaboration has insufficient details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings demonstrates limited use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – recounts an event or short sequence of events with little or no elaboration has few, if any, details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings demonstrates inadequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ Organization The writing – skillfully uses temporal words to signal event order skillfully provides a sense of closure The writing – uses temporal words to signal event order provides a sense of closure The writing – uses some temporal words to signal event order attempts to provide a sense of closure The writing – uses few, if any, temporal words to signal event order fails to provide a sense of closure Language/ Conventions The writing – demonstrates a well-developed command of standard English conventions has sentences that are skillfully constructed with appropriate variety in length and structure The writing – demonstrates a command of standard English conventions; errors do not interfere with understanding has sentences that are generally complete with sufficient variety in length and structure The writing – demonstrates a limited and/or inconsistent command of standard English conventions; errors may interfere with understanding has some sentence formation errors and/or a lack of sentence variety The writing – demonstrates a weak command of standard English conventions; errors interfere with understanding has frequent and severe sentence formation errors and/or a lack of sentence variety ∆ Added by NCSD #1 Used with permission from: Theresa Bennett/Denise Weiner/Denise Allen
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