2nd grade Instructional Guide

2nd Grade Wonders Expository Rubric

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

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric) ● Shows understanding of basic grammar and usage conventions ● Has some minor errors in word usage, but there is not a pattern of mistakes ● Has acceptable usage of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

Score

2

● Does not stay focused on purpose, audience, and task ● States a central, or main, idea that is not supported in the essay ● Connects ideas with few transitional words ● Does not present ideas in a logical order ● Does not have an introduction and/or conclusion ● Does not stay focused on purpose, audience, and task ● Does not state a central, or main, idea clearly ● Has unrelated ideas and is confusing and unclear ● Has few or no transitional words. ● Is too brief, or short, to show focus or organization

● Supports the central idea with weak facts and details ● Includes weak evidence, or supporting details, from few sources ● Uses an acceptable amount of different types of details that show understanding of the topic ● Expresses ideas with little use of precise language ● Uses few academic vocabulary to explain the topic ● Has little variety of sentence types and lengths ● Shows little support or does not support a central, or main, idea ● Includes little to no use of sources, facts, or details ● Expresses ideas that are confusing ● Uses few content words or academic vocabulary ● Has only short, simple sentences

1

● Shows some

understanding of basic grammar and usage conventions

● Has many errors in wordusage ● Has little or no use of

punctuation, capitalization ● Has incomplete

sentences and many spelling errors

0

● Shows a lack of

understanding of grammar and usage conventions

● Has many errors that confuse the reader

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