Student: ______Hour: 2-3 5-6 8-9

6
Superior / 5
Strong / 4
Good / 3
Okay / 2
Poor / 1
Incomplete
Has a complete grasp of the qualities; no visible errors are present. / Shows control and skill in the main requirements for this trait; many strengths are present. / On balance, the strengths outweigh the weaknesses; a small amount of revision is needed. / Strengths and the need for revision are about equal; about half-way home. / Need for revision outweighs strengths; needs a lot of work to meet the expectations for this trait. / A bare beginning; writer not yet showing any control or mastery of this trait.

Read each section below and pay attention to what is expected.

Check box 1 when you have addressed and shown evidence for the expectation.

When your writing is finished, put a score in the Student Score column.

Score yourself a 6 if this is a Superior part and a 3 if that section is just ok.

If you score yourself a 2 or 1, GO BACK and correct what you see as missing.

6 + 1 Traits / General Description
of Trait / Specific Expectations for This Assignment
Key: box1-student; box2-teacher
 = Addressed and Evidence apparent
 = Not addressed or finished completely / Student
Score
(x 1) / Teacher
Score
(x 4) / Grade
Process and Presentation / The construction of the words and ideas
Awareness of the rubric and expectations
Care and pride in the publication of the piece / Planning /  / Created a list of crazy jobs / total
points
grade
1st draft / 
 / Font size 14-20
Double Spaced
1st revision / 

 / Read aloud
Marked and Made needed changes
Had a friend,______, look over it
Edit / 
 / Circled possible spelling errors
Corrected errors
Final copy / 

 / Poem stanza is left justified
Font clean and 14-20
Author’s name is at the bottom right
 / What was the most difficult part of writing the “When I Grow Up” stanza?
Ideas / The main point or storyline
Awareness of details
Knowing what’s interesting/important
Clarity, Focus, and Purpose / Focus / 
 / The jobs are different and fun
Rhyme and Rhythm patterns are followed / ____tp
____g
Details / 
 / Good descriptive words are used
Word and ideas are NOT repeated
 / Why do you think you have an interesting stanza?
Conventions / The mechanical correctness of the piece
Awareness of expected writing conventions: spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage, paragraphing and capitalization / Spelling / 
 / Confusable words
Common words / ____tp
____g
Capitalization / 
 / Expected areas-proper nouns
First lines
Punctuation / 
 / Commas
Other
 / Why is it important for you to carefully edit your writing?