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MULTI-GENRE PROJECT: CHOICE PIECE RUBRIC

1 2 3 4
Below Standards Approaching Meets Standards Exceeds
Standards Standards
Focus and No clear focus for Focus is maintained Maintains focus Maintains a clear
Structure the piece; unclear throughout some of throughout the focus throughout
or illogical the piece; a clear piece; a clear and the piece; a clear
structure is in structure is in place logical structure is and logical
place in place structure is in place
Word Uses no examples Uses few examples Uses strong word Uses strong word
Choice of strong word of strong word choice at times to choice throughout
choice choice that do not enhance the the piece to
enhance the readers readers enhance the
understanding understanding readers
understanding
Sentence No variation in Most sentences are Most sentences are Use of short and
Variation sentence structure the same with little the same with some long sentences and
variation in sentence variation in various sentence
structure sentence structure structures
throughout
Voice Shows little or no Shows some Shows awareness Clearly shows
-your awareness of awareness of of audience and awareness of
individual audience and audience and purpose audience and
writing purpose purpose purpose
personality
Conventions Contains repeated Contains errors in May contain errors Contains few errors
errors in grammar, in grammar, in grammar,
grammar, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
punctuation, capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
capitalization and spelling spelling, and does spelling
spelling - distracting to the not distract the
distracting to reader reader
reader

TOTAL:___________/20