6 Traits Rubric for Descriptive Writing for Guess the Object Paragraph

5- Excellent 3- Very Good 2-Satisfactory 1-Needs

Improvement
Ideas *paints a picture for the *creates some *sometimes strays *poorly focused on
reader clear images for from the topic the topic
*well-focused on the topic the reader *ideas are not *ideas are unclear
without explicitly stating *focused on the well-developed *few details are
what the topic is topic and object is stated given
*clear ideas are well- *ideas are well- *more details are
supported with interesting supported with needed
and vivid details details

Organization *well-focused on the topic *generally *somewhat *not focused on the

*logical organization focused on the focused on the topic
*excellent transitions topic topic *no clear
*easy to follow *some lapses in *poor organization organization
* There is a hook and organization *few transitions *no transitions
conclusion sentence with *some *difficult to follow *difficult to
transitional sentences in transitions impossible to
between *usually easy to follow
follow
Word Choice *precise, vivid and *fairly precise, *vague, mundane *very limited word
interesting word choices interesting and word choices choices
*wide variety of word somewhat *wording is *wording is bland
choices varied word sometimes and not descriptive
*writer uses advanced choices repetitive
vocabulary and/or *wording could *more descriptive
synonyms be more words are needed
specific
Sensory *writer appeals to all five *writer appeals *writer appeals to *writer appeals to
Details senses to four of the three of the fives two or less of the
*imagery is used five senses OR senses or is senses with very
throughout the poem in a the writer extremely vague in vague descriptive
creative and engaging appeals to all appealing to the imagery
manner five senses in a senses
vague and
general manner
Figurative *writer uses at least five *writer uses *writer uses three *writer uses two or
Language DIFFERENT pieces of four DIFFERENT less pieces of
figurative language: DIFFERENT pieces of figurative figurative language
-simile pieces of language or does not use the
-metaphor figurative figurative language
-alliteration language in a way that adds
-assonance depth and voice to
-consonance his/her paragraph
-onomatopoeia
-hyperbole
-understatement
-pun/wordplay
-personification
-irony
-symbolism
Sentence *uses complete sentences *uses complete *occasional *frequent use of
Fluency *varying sentence sentences sentence fragment sentence fragments
structure and lengths *generally or run-on sentencesor run-on sentences
simple sentence *simple sentence *sentences are
structures structure is used difficult to
repeatedly understand
Conventions *proper grammar, usage *few errors of *errors in *frequent errors in
*correct spelling grammar and grammar, usage grammar, usage,
*correct punctuation usage and spelling spelling,
*correct capitalization *mostly correctsometimes make capitalization and
spelling, understanding punctuation
punctuation difficult make
and *some errors in understanding
capitalization punctuation and difficult or
capitalization impossible
Voice *voice is fitting for the *voice is fairly *voice rarely *voice is weak or
topic and engaging clear and seems comes through inappropriate
*well-suited for audience to fit the topic *not always suited *no sense of
and purpose *suited for for audience and audience and
*the writer uses different audience and purpose purpose
strategies to engage the purpose
reader throughout the
paper
Presentation *text is very easy to read *text is quite *text is not easy to *text is difficult to
(font/writing, spacing, easy to read read (font/writing, read (font/writing,
color) *format is visually (font/writing, spacing, color) spacing, color)
appealing (neat organized, spacing, color) *format is *format is not
etc.) *presentation is *format is disorganized or organized or
creative and original in appealing inappropriate appropriate
design (i.e. voice is not *presentation is *presentation is not*presentation lacks
monotone) somewhat creative or original creativity and
*writer adds a visual creative and in design originality
image to his/her paragraph original in
design

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