Writer’s Workshop General Writing Rubric
Part 1 – The Writing
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Advanced Proficient
• Uses genre elements
• Demonstrate a clear
purpose and maintains a
consistent point-of-view,
focus and sense of
audience.
• Clearly presents and
supports a central idea.
• Develops the topic in well-
organized paragraphs,
when appropriate, with
specific well-chosen
details using precise and
varied vocabulary.
• Includes the effective use
of transitions.
• Includes an engaging lead,
a satisfying conclusion and
employs a variety of
sentence structures.
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Proficient Partially Proficient Non Proficient
• Uses most genre elements. • Little use of genre • No use of genre elements.
elements.
• Demonstrates a general • Demonstrates little • Demonstrates no
understanding of purpose understanding of purpose, understanding of purpose,
and a mostly consistent point-of-view and focus. point-of-view and focus.
point-of-view and focus.
• Presents and supports a • Suggests a central idea. • Lacks a central idea.
central idea.
• Develops the topic in • Attempts to write • When appropriate has few
logical paragraphs, when paragraphs but lacks paragraphs. Uses simple
appropriate, with some organizational structures; words.
details using appropriate few supporting details with
vocabulary limited vocabulary. May
be a list.
• Includes the effective use • Transitions ineffective, • No transitions.
of transitions. awkward or repetitive.
• Includes an appropriate • Lead and conclusion brief • Little or no evidence of
lead and conclusion, and or confusing. Uses simple lead and conclusion brief
uses more than one type of sentences. or confusing. Sentence
sentence structure. structure is simple or
confusing.