Procedural Writing Rubrics Page

Instruction Manual Rubric - to be completed by the person who followed your instructions.

Person who wrote the Instruction Manual:Ole______________________________________

Person who followed the instructions: Josephine__________________________________________

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Beginning Emerging Developing Proficient

Included a list
of things The list has some things The list has most things The list is complete and
needed to There is no list. needed to make the needed to make the has all things needed to
make the object. object. make the object.
object.

The
It was a little difficult to Most of the time it was It was very easy to read
Instruction I could not follow the
read and follow the easy to read and follow and follow the
Manual was instructions.
easy to read. instructions. the instructions. instructions.

The
The instructions were Some of the instructions Most of the instructions The instructions were in
Instructions
were in order.
not in any order. were in order. were in order. perfect order.

The Some of the

Instructions There were no All the photographs
The photographs were photographs were clear,
included photographs to help were clear, simple and
simple clear
unclear and did not help. simple and easy to
with the instructions. easy to understand.
photographs. understand.

I could easily I had quite a bit of

I could not make the I could make the object I could easily make the
make the trouble making the
object.
object. but needed some help. object without any help.
object.

Procedural Writing Self Assessment Rubric - Highlight the boxes to show how you feel you went in this unit.
Beginning Emerging Developing Proficient
I fully understand why
I have some I understand why
I do not understand there are many
Understands why people understanding why people use different
why people use different kinds of
use procedural writing people use procedural kinds of procedural
procedural writing. procedural writing and
writing. writing.
how these are used.
I can understand the
I understand the layout I can understand the
layout for more than
Understands the layout for I do not understand the for one kind of layout for two different
two different kinds of
procedural writing kinds of procedural
different kinds of layout for any kinds of
including Title, Goal, writing including Title,
procedural writing
procedural writing procedural writing. including Title, Goal,
Requirements and Goal, Requirements
Requirements and
Steps. and Steps.
Steps.
I am able to confidently
I am able to write and successfully write
I am unable to write I am able to write recipes and sets of complex recipes and
Writes recipes and sets of
recipes and sets of simple recipes or sets instructions which use sets of instructions
instructions instructions. of instructions. action verbs and are in which use action verbs
simple present tense. and are in simple
present tense.