WRITING Standards of Learning Rubric for Grade 8 Revised 2008 (Sharp, Retrosi)
Name: ______
4 3 2 1 Consistent control Reasonable control Inconsistent control Little or no control (but not perfect) (some features better (control of several controlled than others) features but not of others — “losing it”) COMPOSING Central idea is present and Central idea is sharply focused, Central idea may be present, or SCORE Central idea focused by purposeful Central idea is lacking, usually. narrowed by elaboration. several ideas may compete. elaboration Full: details in sentences; Purposeful and found at both Little or no elaboration; or a Sparse or not purposeful Central idea illustrations, examples, sentence and paragraph levels few brief details, elaboration; bare statement the Elaboration Elaboration reasons, and/or anecdotes (occasional thinness of underdeveloped statements norm within paragraphs elaboration) Organization o Strong: minor lapses don’t Reasonable: minor lapses don’t Very little apparent Often not present; writing C detract; narrative organization detract significantly; narrative organization; there may be a jumps from point to point; Unity p has no lapses, but other modes organization is generally intact; list of general statements, or an sentences can be rearranged m Organization i may. other modes may lapse underdeveloped explanation, or without changing meaning. s TOTAL ______/ 4 = o somewhat, although overall skeleton of a narrative. g plan is apparent. n Opening and closing present Few, if any, digressions; few if Opening and closing may be There may be some functional ______(more than mere repetition); any, point of view shifts; present; closing may be transitions or no digressions, consistent point of view; introduction and closing contrived, fake, or trite; but unity is never created. X 2 = ______Unity appropriate transitions; no present but not sophisticated; significant digressions; unity DOMAIN SCORE digressions transitions purposefully used not fully created because of lack of logically elaborated central idea Precise words create images in Specific, but a few vague or Imprecise, bland vocabulary Imprecise, bland, vague, general, reader’s mind due to careful anemic words may be present. or repetitive vocabulary Vocabulary WRITTEN choice of words and avoiding anemic, vague words. EXPRESSION Precise and even information Specific information present, General information presentation Imprecise, bland, vague, or SCORE
n presentation creates images in making the message clear, but is uneven or tells everything that repetitive information o
i Information the reader’s mind; figurative there may be a few general the writer knows.
s Vocabulary
s language is purposeful. statements; some figurative e
r language may be present. Information
p Strong: enhanced by word Easily discernible, except when Emerges seldom or only when Does not emerge because specific x Voice choice and information given general information or vague, specific vocabulary and specific vocabulary and information are Voice E functional vocabulary is used information amplify it. not present.
n Tone
e Purposeful, created by word Flattens when information and Rarely emerges due to lack of Rarely emerges t
t choice and specific information vocabulary are not specific specific vocabulary and i Tone Rhythm
r information
W Effective, purposefully varied Typically sentences are varied in Sentence beginnings or types not Sentence variety lacking; several sentence structure; modifiers and length and structure. Smooth very varied. Although an extremely awkward sentence TOTAL ______/ 5 = Sentence subordination are effectively rhythm due to sentence variety occasional rhythmic cluster of constructions may be present. Variety embedded. and structure, but an occasional sentences may be present, the ______awkward construction may overall sense of rhythmic flow is diminish it in places. not present. X 2 = ______DOMAIN SCORE WRITING Standards of Learning Rubric for Grade 8 Revised 2008 (Sharp, Retrosi)
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i 4 3 2 1 n a The writer demonstrates h
c Sentence Formation
e inconsistent control of several
M The writer demonstrates The writer demonstrates features, indicating significant
d standard word order consistent, though not reasonable, but not consistent, weakness in the domain of n complete sentences necessarily perfect, control of control of most of the usage/mechanics. Evidence of a
e rare presence of run-on the domain’s features of domain’s features of sentence the author’s knowledge of
g USAGE AND
a sentences sentence formation. formation. features of this domain appears s alongside frequent errors in MECHANICS
U rare presence of comma
-spliced sentences sentence formation as specified SCORE
in the Virginia K-8 SOL.
Sentence
Usage The writer demonstrates little
or no control of most of the Formation ______
inflections – verb tense, domain’s features of
Usage ______plurals, possessives usage/mechanics.
The writing demonstrates a
Thorough understanding of basic understanding of usage In terms of usage the writer
agreement – subject-verb Frequent and severe errors Mechanics ______usage as specified in K-8 as specified in the Virginia K-8 inconsistently applies the rules
pronoun-antecedent distract the reader and make
SOL. A few careless errors SOL. For the most part, the of usage as specified in the
the writing very hard to
that do not detract author appropriately applies Virginia K-8 SOL.
conventions- understand. rules for correct usage. TOTAL ______/ 3 =
double negative, A/an,
compound subject I Even when meaning is not
______
Good/well significantly affected, the
them/ those density and variety of errors
overwhelm the performance X 2 = ______and keep it from meeting DOMAIN SCORE Mechanics The writing demonstrates a minimum standards of basic understanding of competence. Thorough understanding Capitalization mechanics as specified in the mechanics as specified in the Formatting Virginia K-8 SOL. For the Virginia K-8 SOL. The author The writer inconsistently applies End Punctuation most part, the author APPROXIMATE uses capitalization, the rules of capitalization and appropriately applies both the Internal Punctuation punctuation and applies the punctuation and spelling. SCORE rules of capitalization and Spelling – common structural principles of punctuation and the structural TRANSLATION: words, pattern words, spelling. homophones principles of spelling expected of eighth 16/24 = 400 graders. 22/24 = 500 The writer’s control of the The density of errors across 24/24 = 600 domain’s many features is too features outweighs strong for these mistakes to the feature control present in the * Actual score is combined detract from the performance. paper. with multiple choice results
Composing ______+ Written Expression ______+ Usage/Mechanics ______= ______/24