Final Ela Text-Based Writing Rubrics, Grades 6-11: Informative/explanatory (Page 3 of 3) in pdf

FINAL ELA Text-based Writing Rubrics, Grades 6–11: Informative/Explanatory

Florida Standards Assessments

Score

Purpose, Focus, and Organization

Evidence and Elaboration

Conventions of Standard English

(4-point Rubric)

(2-point Rubric)

The response is somewhat sustained within the

The response provides uneven, cursory support/evidence

The response demonstrates an adequate command

purpose, audience, and task but may include

for the controlling idea or main idea that includes partial

of basic conventions. The response may include the

loosely related or extraneous material; and it may

use of sources, facts, and details. The response may

following:



have a controlling idea with an inconsistent

include the following:

Some minor errors in usage but no patterns of



organizational structure. The response may include

Weakly integrated evidence from sources; erratic or

errors



the following:

irrelevant references or citations

Adequate use of punctuation, capitalization,



Focused controlling idea but insufficiently

Repetitive or ineffective use of elaborative

sentence formation, and spelling

sustained or unclear

techniques



Inconsistent use of transitional strategies with

Imprecise or simplistic expression of ideas



little variety

Some use of inappropriate domain-specific



Uneven progression of ideas from beginning to

vocabulary



end with an inadequate introduction or

Most sentences limited to simple constructions

conclusion

The response is related to the topic but may

The response provides minimal support/evidence for the

The response demonstrates a partial command of

demonstrate little or no awareness of the purpose,

controlling idea or main idea, including little if any use of

basic conventions. The response may include the

audience, and task; and it may have little or no

sources, facts, and details. The response may include the

following:



controlling idea or discernible organizational

following:

Various errors in usage



structure. The response may include the following:

Minimal, absent, erroneous, or irrelevant evidence or

Inconsistent use of correct punctuation,



citations from the source material

Confusing or ambiguous ideas

capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling



Few or no transitional strategies

Expression of ideas that is vague, unclear, or



confusing

Frequent extraneous ideas that impede



understanding

Limited and often inappropriate language or domain-



specific vocabulary

Too brief to demonstrate knowledge of focus



or organization

Sentences limited to simple constructions

The response demonstrates a lack of command of

conventions, with frequent and severe errors often

obscuring meaning.

UPDATED OCTOBER 2014

Final Ela Text-Based Writing Rubrics, Grades 6-11: Informative/explanatory Page 3

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