3rd grade Instructional Guide

3rd Grade Wonders Expository Writing Rubric

Purpose, Focus, and Organization (4-point Rubric)

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric) ● Shows a satisfactory understanding of grammar and spelling ● Includes small errors, but no patterns of errors ● Use of punctuation,

Score

2

● Stays somewhat focused on the purpose, audience, and task ● States the central idea, but sometimes the central idea isn’t clear ● Uses a few transitional

● Gives some very basic support of the central idea ● Has unsatisfactory examples of evidence, or supporting details, with few references to multiple sources ● Uses a few elaborative techniques ● Uses imprecise or simple expression of ideas ● Uses inappropriate or unsatisfactory academic and domain-specific language ● Uses only simple sentences ● Gives very little support of the central idea ● Has little, if any, use of sources, facts, and details ● Has very little or no examples of evidence from the sources ● Has little or no relevant or accurate evidence ● Uses and expression of ideas that is not clear or is confusing ● Inappropriate or unsatisfactory academic and domain-specific language ● Uses only simple sentences

capitalization, sentence structure, and spelling is satisfactory

strategies, such as the use of signal, or linking, words and phrases, to show how ideas are connected

● Has an uneven progression of ideas ● Has an unsatisfactory

introduction or conclusion

1

● Shows some relationship to the topic but shows little awareness of the purpose, audience, and task ● Has little or no central idea ● Has little or no organization ● Has confusing or unclear ideas ● Uses a few or no transitional strategies ● Has many unrelated ideas that make the essay difficult to understand ● Show little understanding of the topic

● Shows a partial understanding of

grammar and spelling ● Includes many errors in usage ● Has an unsatisfactory use of punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and spelling

0

● Shows a lack of

understanding of grammar and spelling ● Includes serious errors, making the essay difficult to understand

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