Rubrics

Hi Students;
             Here's a model of the rubrics I will use when grading your works.
Use it as a guide to know which are the criteria I'll looking for in your work
so in the end your work will look: TERRIFIC!!!

Name:____________________________     Group:____           Date:__________________

English Class                                                                                                 Mrs. Maldonado
Reading Selection: The Science Behind Extreme Sports
Assessment Activity: Writing a Friendly Letter                                         Total value: 56 pts.          

Criteria	Excellent  7 pts	Satisfactory 5 pts	Needs Improvement 3 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Heading and Date	Address and date are in the proper place. Correct use of capitalization and commas.	Missing one of the following: components: Address and date are in the proper place. Capitalization and commas used correctly.	Missing two of the following components: Address and date are in the proper place. Capitalization and commas are used correctly.	Missing three or more of the following components: Address and date are in the proper place. Capitalization and commas are used correctly.
Greeting	Proper greeting is in the correct place. Proper use of command & capitalization of the name.	Missing one component of the following: Proper greeting in the correct place, proper name’s capitalization or proper use of comma.	Missing two components of the following: Proper greeting is in the correct place, proper name’s capitalization of the name, or proper use of the comma.	Missing three or more components from the following: Proper greeting is used in the correct place, proper capitalization of the name, or proper use of the comma.
Body	Capital letter used at the beginning of each sentence.  Correct punctuation mark is used at the end of each sentence. The letter is in order and makes sense.	Missing one component from the following: Capital letter used at the beginning of each sentence, correct punctuation mark used at the end of each sentence. The letter is in order and makes sense.	Missing two components from the following: Capital letter used at the beginning of each sentence, Correct punctuation mark at the end of each sentence, The letter is in order & makes sense.	Missing three or more components from the following: Capital letter is not used at the beginning of each sentence. Correct punctuation mark is not used at the end of each sentence. The letter is not in order & does not make sense.
Closing	Proper closing is included &  used in the proper place. Correct use of comma included.	Proper closing is included & used in the proper place. Correct use of comma is not included.	Proper closing is included. Closing is not used in the proper place. Comma’correct use isn’t included.	Proper closing is not included. Closing  not used in the proper place. Correct use of comma is not included.
Signature	Proper signature included. Signature is in the proper place. Name capitalized.	Proper signature included. Signature is used in the proper place. Name is not properly capitalized.	Proper signature included. Signature not used in the proper place. Name not capitalized.	Proper signature not included. Signature not used in the proper place. Name not properly capitalized.
Capitalization and Punctuation	No errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Writer makes 1-3 errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Writer makes 4-6 errors in capitalization and punctuation	Writer makes more than 7 errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Ideas	Ideas are clear and organized.  Easy to figure out what the letter was about.	Ideas in pretty clear manner, but the organization could have been better.	Ideas somewhat organized, but were not very clear. Took more than 1 reading to figure out what the letter was about.	Letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. Difficult to figure out what the letter was about.
Sentences	All sentences complete, well-constructed (no fragments, run-ons) & of varied structure	All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons).	Most sentences are complete and well-constructed.	Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences.

 

                                                                                                                                                                     Total Points:  _________

 

Observations:   ______________________________________________________________________

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