ELA ____
Sept 2013
PORTFOLIO RUBRIC
Author:__________________ _______/10
THIS PORTFOLIO EVALUATION WILL LOOK FOR: Detail and Support: Do you say enough to support
your message or the effect you are trying to create? Are you giving you audience a full experience in
your writing? Correctness and Clarity: Are your sentences and word choices absolute servants of your
meaning?
OUTSTANDING
5
YOU GOT IT!
4
GETTING THERE!
3
WORK ON IT!
2
DEVELOPMENT Details are used
purposely to
Use of Detail
create vivid
and Support
imagery and/or
to support ideas
effectively.
Organization
Ideas are
arranged
purposely to
move the reader
logically through
the selection
Details are used
to create clear
images and/or to
support ideas
well
Details are used to
create imagery
and/or to
adequately support
ideas
Ideas are
arranged to
move the reader
effectively
through the
selection
Ideas are arranged
in a satisfactory
manner.
Details are
needed to
create clear
images and/or
to support ideas
well
Haphazard
arrangement of
ideas
POLISH
Errors do not
detract from
meaning
Errors often
impede meaning.
They are numerous
and/or serious
enough to be
distracting
Sentences and
word choices make
your writing
understandable.
The relationship
between what you
mean to say and
what you actually
say is discernible.
Errors are so
numerous that
they interfere
with your
meaning
Tone is somewhat
evident. Voice is
emerging.
Tone is dull or
indistinct.
Correctness
Clarity
Voice
Selections are
remarkably
error-free
considering the
amount of
writing done
You say what you
mean with wellcrafted sentences
and precise word
choices. The
relationship
between what
you mean to say
and what you
actually say is
perfect.
Diction, syntax
and all other
elements
combine to
create a clear,
distinctive voice
You say what you
mean with clean
sentences and
careful word
choices. The
relationship
between what
you mean to say
and what you
actually say is
clear.
Diction, syntax
and all other
elements
combine to
create voice
Your meaning is
difficult to
understand. The
relationship
between what
you mean to say
and what you
actually say is
just discernible.
_____The Evidence is in! All assigned pieces are included in the folder.
__X___ Portfolio contains a diversity of types of writing: functional, narrative and poetic.
Not Enough
Evidence