Activity 1 Wrap it up! Read and analyze each question.

As a student, if you are going to make

Rubrics
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
As yet, the
paper has no
This paper is
clear sense of
clear and
purpose or
focused. It The writer is
This paper central theme.
holds the beginning to
is mostly Topic is not To extract
reader's define the
focused, well-defined meaning from
attention. topic, even
Ideas and has and/or there the text, the
Relevant though
some good are too many reader must
details and development is
details and topics. make
quotes still basic or
quotes. inferences
enrich the general.
based on
central
sketchy or
theme.
missing
details.
The
The writing
organization
lacks a clear
enhances
sense of
and Paper (and The
direction.
showcases paragraphs organizational Sentences
Ideas, details,
the central ) structure is within
or events
idea or are mostly strong enough paragraphs
seem strung
Organizatio theme. The organized, to move the make sense,
together in a
n order, in order, reader but the order
loose or
structure of and makes through the of
random
information sense to text without paragraphs
fashion; there
is compelling the too much does not.
is no
and moves reader. confusion.
identifiable
the reader
internal
through the
structure.
text.

Sentence The writing The writing The text hums The text The reader
Fluency has an easy mostly along with a seems has to
flow, flows, and steady beat, choppy and practice
rhythm, usually but tends to is not easy to quite a bit in
and cadence. invites oral be more read orally. order to give
Sentences reading. business like this paper a
are well than musical, fair
built, with more interpretive
strong and mechanical reading.
varied than fluid.
structure
 that invites
expressive
oral reading.
The writer
The write
demonstrate The writer
understand
s a good shows
s good The writer
grasp of reasonable Errors in
writing seems to
standard control over a spelling,
convention have made
writing limited range punctuation,
s little effort to
conventions of standard capitalization,
and usually use
(e.g., writing usage, and
uses them conventions:
spelling, conventions. grammar
correctly. spelling,
Convention punctuation, Conventions and/or
Paper is punctuation,
s capitalizatio are sometimes paragraphing
easily read capitalization
n handled well repeatedly
and errors , usage,
, grammar, and enhance distract the
are rare; grammar
usage, readability; at reader and
minor and/or
paragraphin other times, make the text
touch-ups paragraphing
g) and uses errors are difficult to
would get have multiple
conventions distracting read.
this piece errors.
effectively to and impair
ready to
enhance readability.
publish.
readability.
The form
and
presentation The format
The reader
of the text only has a The writer's
receives a
enhances few message is
garbled
the mistakes The writer's only
message due
ability for and is message is understanda
Presentatio to problems
the generally understandabl ble
n relating to the
reader to easy to e in this occasionally,
presentation
understand read format. and paper is
of the text,
and connect and messily
and is not
with the pleasing to written.
typed.
message. It the eye.
is pleasing to
the eye.