Individual Assessment Rubric

Rubric 5 4 3 2 1
Categories Advanced Proficient Developed Developing Undeveloped

Clearly related Concepts not

Related several Concept
several well related to Concepts do not
concepts to answered
concepts to answer question answer question and
Ideas answer question question and
answer question and does not that creates
and creates an creates an end
and creates an create an end misunderstanding
end goal. goal.
end goal. goal.

Varied &
purposeful
Reads smoothly, Awkward
beginnings, Repetitive,
Transitions phrasing, First Draft Quality
Sentence Missing Flows, Some
flow,Varied & disjointed, that creates
Fluency purposeful
transitions, awkward
Tough to misunderstanding
constructed phrasing
beginnings read-a-loud
sentences
and/or variation

Somewhat
Mostly Somewhat persuasive
Persuasive Is unclear if
persuasive persuasive diction is used
diction and clear persuasive diction is
diction and an diction and an occasionally and
understanding of used and is unclear if
understanding of understanding is unclear if
Vocabulary vocabulary there is
vocabulary of vocabulary there is
specific to understanding of
specific to specific to understanding of
sustainable vocabulary specific
sustainable sustainable vocabulary
goal. to sustainable goal
goal. goal. specific to
sustainable goal

No Errors: Very Few Some Errors: Many Errors:

spelling, Errors: spelling, spelling, spelling,
Rough Draft Quality
grammar, grammar, grammar, grammar,
Conventions that creates
punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
misunderstanding
caps & caps & caps & caps &
paragraph paragraph paragraph paragraph

Main Idea,9-10 Missing Main Idea

Main Idea,8-9 Main Idea,5-7 Main Idea,3-4
Supporting and/or Supporting
Supporting Supporting Supporting
Organization Details and Detail and that
Details and Details and Details and
evidence, creates
evidence evidence evidence
Conclusion misunderstanding

Very Strong-> Strong-> Is-> Convincing, Mildly->

Rough Draft Quality
Writer's Convincing, Convincing, Writer's voice Convincing,
that creates
Voice Writer's voice Writer's voice heard, Passion, Writer's voice
misunderstanding
heard, Passion, heard, Passion, Wit, Unique heard, Passion,
 Wit, Unique Wit, Unique Wit, Unique

Warrants are
Relation to Warrants are Warrants are Warrants are not Warrants are not
somewhat clear
clear and relate mostly clear and clear and barely clear and do not
Sustainable and somewhat
to sustainable relate to relate to relate to sustainable
Goal relate to
goal sustainable goal sustainable goal goal
sustainable goal

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