Writing Rubric Grade 3 Term 2 PERSUASIVE/ EXPOSITION Name: _______________________ /65_______ %

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Text Your exposition did not include Your exposition included a Your exposition title was Your title summarised Your Your title was captivating,
Structure a title. title, however it was just the basic and about your writing exposition/opinion in an interesting and about your
topic question. interesting way. writing

Your exposition did not Your exposition attempted to Your exposition introduced Your introduction clearly Your exposition effectively
introduce the topic. introduce a topic with a the topic with a statement presented the topic, and you introduced the topic, and you
statement of opinion and you provided 3 reasons in provided three reasons that presented three reasons that
support of the topic. included an opinion statement included an opinion statement
and topic explanation. and topic explanation. Each
reason was clearly defined and
supported your argument.

Your exposition did not have Your exposition attempted to Your exposition had 3 logical Your exposition had 4 logical You had 5 logical arguments
logical arguments related to provide logical arguments, arguments that were clear arguments that were clear and that were clear and made sense.
the topic being discussed. however it did not make sense. and made sense. made sense.

Your writing did not have a Your writing consisted of a Your conclusion included a Your conclusion included a Your conclusion included a
conclusion. conclusion but your conclusion restatement of opinion in a restatement of opinion along restatement of opinion along
did not restate your opinion. different way. with a short summary in one with a summary of arguments
sentence. and tied ends together with a
call of action.

You have written the whole You have used some Your ideas are all in You made sure all your writing You made sure all your writing
text without segmenting into paragraphs but they are not paragraphs with some reasons was in paragraph with minor was structured in clear
paragraphs separated by ideas. overlapping. errors. paragraphs. Each idea was
presented in its own paragraph.

Text Your writing did not include You attempted to include You used all sentence starters You attempted to use a variety You used a variety of sentence
cohesion connective words. transition words like firstly, such as firstly, secondly, lastly. of sentence starters. starters.
secondly, and thirdly to help
organise your ideas, but it did
not make sense.

Punctuation Your writing did not have You attempted to use capital You used most capital letters You used most capital letters All of Your capital letters and full
capital letters and full stops ( letters and full stops (6-7) and full stops used correctly and full stops correctly in your stops are used correctly in Your
8+) (4-5) exposition and attempted exposition and you attempted to
other punctuation marks (1-3)
 use other punctuation marks,
and most were correct.

Vocabulary You did not use any modality You used a few modality words You used a mixture of high You used many high modality You used high modality words
words in your writing in Your writing (1-2) modality words in your writing words in your writing (5 -6 ) throughout your exposition (8+)
(3-4)

You have no rhetorical You tried to use a rhetorical You have 1 rhetorical question You used 2 or more rhetorical You used over 4 or more
questions question in your writing but it in your writing questions in your writing. rhetorical questions in your
did not make sense. writing

Sentences Your sentences are not You included few correctly You had correctly structured You had most correctly You had all correctly structured
correctly structured in your structured simple sentences in sentences (simple and structured sentences used with complex sentences used with
exposition. your exposition compound) an attempt to use complex varied sentence types and
sentences. beginnings.

Spelling Your writing shows very Your writing shows Your writing shows Your writing shows Your writing shows
limited understanding of the understanding of some basic understanding of basic spelling understanding of most of the understanding of all the spelling
spelling skills taught with many spelling skills (6-7) skills taught and high spelling skills taught and high skills taught and high frequency
spelling errors (8+) frequency words with some frequency words with minimal words with an attempt to use
errors present (4-5) errors (1-3). new vocabulary

Handwriting You did not form your letters You sometimes formed your You usually formed your You consistently formed your You always formed your letters
correctly letters correctly. letters correctly. letters correctly. correctly.

You did not write on the You sometimes wrote on the You usually wrote on dotted You consistently wrote on the You always wrote on the dotted
dotted thirds lines correctly. dotted thirds correctly. thirds the lines correctly. dotted thirds lines correctly. thirds lines correctly.