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9th-10th grade informative writing rubric

Offer 9th-10th Grade students a structure for informative writing with this standards-aligned rubric developed by educators for Feedback Studio.

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informative essay rubric 9th grade

Offer 9th-10th grade students a standards-aligned structure for argumentative writing with this educator-developed rubric.

Rubric suitable for formative and summative assignments with tasks involving the explanation of a topic. Use this rubric when asking students to explain information about a topic, to compare and contrast features, to discuss the benefits and limitations of something, etc. Consider using the 9th-12th Grade Informative QuickMark set with this rubric. These drag-and-drop comments were tailor-made by veteran educators to give actionable, formative feedback directly to students. While they were explicitly aligned to this particular rubric, you can edit or add your own content to any QuickMark. This rubric is available and ready to use in your Feedback Studio account. However, if you would like to customize its criteria, you can "Duplicate this rubric" in your Feedback Studio account and then edit the rubric as needed. Or, you can download this .rbc file and then import to your account to begin editing the content.

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This rubric delineates specific expectations about an essay assignment to students and provides a means of assessing completed student essays.

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Grading rubrics can be of great benefit to both you and your students. For you, a rubric saves time and decreases subjectivity. Specific criteria are explicitly stated, facilitating the grading process and increasing your objectivity. For students, the use of grading rubrics helps them to meet or exceed expectations, to view the grading process as being “fair,” and to set goals for future learning. In order to help your students meet or exceed expectations of the assignment, be sure to discuss the rubric with your students when you assign an essay. It is helpful to show them examples of written pieces that meet and do not meet the expectations. As an added benefit, because the criteria are explicitly stated, the use of the rubric decreases the likelihood that students will argue about the grade they receive. The explicitness of the expectations helps students know exactly why they lost points on the assignment and aids them in setting goals for future improvement.

  • Routinely have students score peers’ essays using the rubric as the assessment tool. This increases their level of awareness of the traits that distinguish successful essays from those that fail to meet the criteria. Have peer editors use the Reviewer’s Comments section to add any praise, constructive criticism, or questions.
  • Alter some expectations or add additional traits on the rubric as needed. Students’ needs may necessitate making more rigorous criteria for advanced learners or less stringent guidelines for younger or special needs students. Furthermore, the content area for which the essay is written may require some alterations to the rubric. In social studies, for example, an essay about geographical landforms and their effect on the culture of a region might necessitate additional criteria about the use of specific terminology.
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Informative Writing

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In this unit, students are introduced to the skills, practices, and routines of informative writing by working collaboratively with their peers to examine informative writing models, plan for their writing, and gather evidence. Students independently practice writing and revising and also engage in peer review to revise their work. Throughout the unit, the class will construct an Informative Writing Checklist, which students will use to guide their drafting, review, and finalization. By the end of the unit, students will have produced fully developed informative papers.

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  • lesson 1: Introduction to Informative Writing
  • lesson 2: Effective Informative Writing: Purpose and Audience
  • lesson 3: Informative Writing: Analyzing the Prompt
  • lesson 4: Informative Writing: Charting Topics, Subtopics, Claims, and Evidence
  • lesson 5: Informative Writing: More Subtopics and Evidence
  • lesson 6: Informative Writing: Processing the Information
  • lesson 7: Informative Writing: Drafting an Outline
  • lesson 8: Informative Writing: Drafting Body Paragraphs
  • lesson 9: Informative Writing: Drafting an Introduction
  • lesson 10: Informative Writing: Drafting a Conclusion
  • lesson 11: Informative Writing: Getting Feedback
  • lesson 12: Finalizing Informative Papers
  • lesson 13: Informative Writing: Reflecting on the Writing Process

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  1. PDF Grade 9/10: Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric DRAFT

    Note: Descriptors in bold are taken directly from the CCSS for this grade level. Some of the language used in this rubric has been adapted from the SBAC and PAARC rubrics. 4 - Exceeds 3 - Proficient 2 - Approaching 1 - Beginning Understanding Demonstrates a deep understanding of content Shows a solid understanding of content Demonstrates a limited

  2. PDF 9th/10th Grade EGUSD Writing Rubric

    Provides a meaningful and reflective conclusion. Creates cohesion through skillful use of transitions between ideas. Maintains a logical organizational structure, includes paragraphs, and transitions between ideas. Develops complex topic(s) with relevant body paragraphs. Provides a meaningful conclusion.

  3. 9th-10th grade informative writing rubric

    9th-10th grade argumentative writing rubric. Offer 9th-10th grade students a standards-aligned structure for argumentative writing with this educator-developed rubric. Rubric suitable for formative and summative assignments with tasks involving the explanation of a topic. Consider using the 9th-12th Grade Informative QuickMark set with this rubric.

  4. PDF Grade 9 Informative/Explanatory Rubric

    Topic(s) and purpose of explanation are unclear or otherwise confusing. Attempts to use evidence from provided texts are unsuccessful (text sections are lifted

  5. PDF Common Core State Standards Writing Rubrics (Grades 9-10) Informative

    COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS WRITING RUBRICS (GRADES 9-10) INFORMATIVE!!! INFORMATIVE ! Description! 5 Exceptional! 4 Skilled! 3 Proficient! 2 Developing! 1 Inadequate Focus: The text focuses on a topic to inform a reader with ideas, concepts, information, etc. ... 9/2/2019 4:49:10 PM ...

  6. PDF Writing Assessment and Evaluation Rubrics

    Holistic scoring is a quick method of evaluating a composition based on the reader's general impression of the overall quality of the writing—you can generally read a student's composition and assign a score to it in two or three minutes. Holistic scoring is usually based on a scale of 0-4, 0-5, or 0-6.

  7. Common Core State Standards Writing Rubrics Grades 9-10

    NOTE: The CCSS-aligned rubrics are currently available for use in GradeMark for Turnitin customers at secondary schools and 2-year colleges. Common Core State Standards Writing Rubrics for Grades 9/10 by Turnitin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Watch the 30-Minute Webcasts

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    Essay Rubric Directions: Your essay will be graded based on this rubric. Consequently, use this rubric as a guide when writing your essay and check it again before you submit your essay. Traits 4 3 2 1 Focus & Details There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information.

  9. Essay Rubric

    Grading rubrics can be of great benefit to both you and your students. For you, a rubric saves time and decreases subjectivity. Specific criteria are explicitly stated, facilitating the grading process and increasing your objectivity. For students, the use of grading rubrics helps them to meet or exceed expectations, to view the grading process ...

  10. ELA G9: Informative Writing

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  11. English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 9-10

    Apply grades 9-10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning"). Range of Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.10.

  12. PDF Expository Essay Rubric

    The essay contains all factual information. 12345 The essay explores only one main topic. 12345 II. Conventions: The essay contains very few grammatical errors.12345 III. Organization: The essay has a beginning, middle, and end. 12345 There is a main idea in each paragraph. 12345 The essay organizes evidence in a logical order. 12345 IV. Voice:

  13. iRubric: Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric

    Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric Five Paragraph Informative Essay scoring rubric. Rubric Code: M96723. By dpesut Ready to use ... Grade. Build a gradebook to assess students. Collaborate. Apply this rubric to any object and invite others to assess. Share

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    Created by. Truscott Teaches. This FREEBIE contains a Main Idea Assignment that instruct students to analyze an informational text to determine the main idea and identify supporting details. The text is written for middle school grades (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) and contains an answer key and a Central Idea standards based grading rubric.

  15. PDF Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric

    ELA.8.W.9 (if applicable) Skillfully develops the topic using well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples that are relevant and substantial Effectively integrates and cites credible sources if applicable Shows insightful understanding of topic or text Develops the topic using

  16. PDF MCAP English Language Arts and Literacy

    Written Expression. Demonstrates a full and complete understanding of ideas in the texts by providing an accurate analysis supported with effective and convincing textual evidence. Examines and conveys complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

  17. Practical Writing: The Expository Essay [9th grade]

    Kern, Morgan K., "Practical Writing: The Expository Essay [9th grade]" (2014). Understanding by Design: Complete Collection. 278. This Instructional Material is brought to you for free and open access by the Understanding by Design at Digital Commons @ Trinity. For more information about this unie, please contact the author(s): [email protected].

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    FSA ELA Writing Rubric. The FSA ELA Writing Rubric is a scoring tool that describes the characteristics of a written response for each score point within each domain. The rubric may assist educators with evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of student responses based on the text-based writing prompt/task included in the practice test as well ...

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  21. PDF 5th Grade Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric

    Developed for Empowering Education by Educational Performance Consulting, LLC. 3 L.5.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or