<p> Name:______Date:______</p><p>PA Writing – Informational Analytic Rubric – Grade K – 1 Student Friendly </p><p>Focus Choosing one main idea and sticking to it. Content Explaining the main idea and supporting it using facts and examples. Organization Grouping and connecting ideas and having a beginning, middle, and end. Style Using interesting words and different types of sentences. Conventions Using correct capitalization, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Focus Content Organization Style Conventions 4  I clearly and  I completely and  My ideas are clearly  I used many  My writing contains strongly taught my clearly explained and strongly interesting words complete thoughts readers about a my topic. organized. that help the reader and sentences. topic using  I used many  I have a strong and understand the  I have few errors in drawings, words, important facts and creative ending for topic. capitalization. sentences. examples to teach my topic.  I have few errors in  I clearly and about my topic using  I used many signal grammar. strongly named my drawings, words, words to group and  I have few errors in topic in the and sentences. connect my ideas. punctuation. beginning.  My facts and  I clearly make  I have few errors in  I clearly and examples clearly connections spelling. strongly got my connected to my between drawing reader’s attention. topic. and writing.* 3  I clearly taught my  I clearly explained  My ideas are clearly  I used some  Most of my writing readers about a my topic. organized. interesting words contains complete topic using  I used some  I have a good that help the reader thoughts and drawings, words, important facts and ending for my topic. understand the sentences. sentences. examples to teach  I used some signal topic.  I have some errors  I clearly named my about my topic using words to group and in capitalization. topic in the drawings, words, connect my ideas.  I have some errors beginning. and sentences.  I make connections in grammar.  I clearly got my  My facts and between drawing  I have some errors reader’s attention. examples mostly and writing.* in punctuation. connected to my  I have some errors topic. in spelling. 2  I somewhat taught  I somewhat  My ideas are  I used few  Some of my writing my readers about a explained my topic. somewhat interesting words contains complete topic using  I used a few facts organized. that help the reader thoughts and drawings, words, and examples to  I have a weak understand the sentences. sentences. teach about my ending for my topic. topic.  I have many errors  I somewhat named topic using  I used few signal in capitalization. my topic in the drawings, words, words to group and  I have many errors beginning. and sentences. connect my ideas. in grammar.  I somewhat got my  My facts and  I make weak  I have many errors reader’s attention. examples connections in punctuation. somewhat between drawing  I have many errors connected to my and writing.* in spelling. topic. 1  I did not teach my  I did not explain my  My ideas are not  I did not use  Most of my writing readers about a topic. organized. interesting words does not contain topic using  I did not use facts  I did not have an that help the reader complete thoughts drawings, words, and examples to ending for my topic. understand the and sentences. sentences. teach about my  I did not use signal topic.  I did not use any  I did not name my topic using words to group and correct topic. drawings, words, connect my ideas. capitalization.  I did not get my and sentences OR  I did not make  I did not use any of reader’s attention. they did not connections the grammar I have connect to my topic. between drawing learned. and writing.*  I did not use any punctuation.  I have many errors in spelling.</p><p>*Item with an asterisk is for Kindergarten.</p><p>Adapted from PSSA Writing Scoring Guidelines by Dr. Sandra L. Rex and Cathy J. Enders Created: 10/7/2016</p>