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Scoring Rubric for Sixth Grade Language Arts Expository Essay

 

 

Holistic Score

 

Skills Demonstrated

 

Letter Grade

 

 

 

5.4-6.0

·       The response is fully developed and engaging.  It indicates an excellent

       understanding of the requirements, achieves all the goals of the task, and 

       demonstrates reflective thinking.

·       Accurate, relevant information selected from the text supports facts  

        and interpretations.

·        The response displays exceptional use of the conventions of language

        and is likely to be error free.  Errors in mechanics, usage, and spelling   

        are extremely rare and do not interfere with communication.

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

4.8-5.3

 

·        The response demonstrates an understanding of the requirements, but is

        not as engaging or developed.  Includes literal, accurate details of all      

        the goals of the task with partial evidence of interpretative reasoning.

·        Accurate, relevant information is selected from the text and offers some

         interpretation of its importance.

·        Demonstrates successful use of the conventions of language, but may

        contain a few errors in mechanics, usage, or spelling.  If present they      

        are relatively minor and do not interfere with communication.

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

4.5-4.7

 

·       The response demonstrates a fair understanding of some of the

        requirements but does not develop them.

·        Information provided not very selective. Too many or too few

        unsupported details are provided with minimal reasoning. Tends to be

        flat, disorganized and unsupported.

·        Demonstrates a reasonable use of the conventions of language, but

        contains some errors in mechanic, usage, or spelling.  Most errors are

        minor, but a few may be serious.   Most do not interfere with

        communication.

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

4.2-4.4

·        The response tends to list some of the requirements of the task.    

        Demonstrates a minimal understanding of some of the goals.

·        Not very selective or relevant information provided. Does not move

        beyond retelling information.  Offers little interpretation. Serious

        problems with the organization.

·        Demonstrates marginally successful use of the conventions of language.    

        Patterns of errors in mechanics, usage, or spelling are evident.  Several    

        are serious and disrupt the meaning of the response.

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

4.0-4.1

·         The response is brief and does inadequately addresses some of the

        requirements or the goals of the task.

·         The information provided is not relevant or organized.

·         Very limited ability to use the conventions of language.  Errors in   

        mechanics, usage, or spelling are frequent and serious making the

         response difficult to read and interpret.

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

3 and below

·         The response is not on task.  The goals of the task are not present.

·         The information provided is inadequate.

·         Demonstrates great difficulty in applying the conventions of language.

        Frequent and serious errors may make the response incomprehensible.

 

 

 U