Writing Rubric

 

The rubric below is adapted from the Virginia Standards of Learning Writing Rubric.  The four writing traits of focus are composing, written expression, usage/mechanics, and content.

 

Features

4

Consistent Control (but not perfect)

3

Reasonable Control (of some features but not of others)

2

Inconsistent Control (control of some feature but not of others)

1

Little or No Control

Composing: 

Organization

 

 

Strong organization; lapses don’t detract; careful logic and order; sophisticated lead and closure; appropriate and fluid transitions

Reasonable organization; minor lapses don’t detract significantly; occasional lapses in coherence (logic) and cohesiveness (connections); skilled opening and closing

Hints of organization; List of general statements; underdeveloped or untransitional skeleton of a narrative or explanation

Often organization not present; writing skips from point to point

 

 

Written Expression:

Information

 

Precise and even information presented

Specific information, but there may be some general statements

Uneven information presentation, or tells “everything” too much

Imprecise, bland, vague or repetitive information

 

Usage /Mechanics:

 

 

 

 

Demonstrates awareness and control over all areas of usage and mechanics

Demonstrates reasonable control over some but not all areas.  Errors do not seriously affect meaning

Demonstrates some control in some areas but little on others.  Some difficulty in following writer’s ideas

High density and variety of errors in most areas.  Errors affect meaning and make writing difficult to understand

 

Content Area:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Rubric

 

The rubric below is adapted from the Virginia Standards of Learning Writing Rubric.  The four writing traits of focus are composing, written expression, usage/mechanics, and content.

 

Features

4

Consistent Control (but not perfect)

3

Reasonable Control (of some features but not of others)

2

Inconsistent Control (control of some feature but not of others)

1

Little or No Control

Composing: 

Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written Expression:

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usage /Mechanics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content Area: