Name:_______________________________
Grade 6 7 8 H1 H2 V1 V2
Check In #____
6th Grade Constructed Response Rubric PE Abilities Awareness
3
2
Restates the Question (W.6.4)
Produce clear and coherent
writing in which the
development, organization,
and style are appropriate to
the task, purpose and
audience.
Evidence (RL.6.1/RI.6.1) Cite
textual evidence.
The topic sentence is clear
and effectively restates all
aspects of the
question/prompt.
The topic sentence clearly
restates the
question/prompt.
The topic sentence is
relatively clear and
addresses the main
point fairly well.
There is no topic
sentence. The
paragraph begins with
a supporting detail.
The student has 3
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 2
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 1
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 0
supporting details from
the text.
Evidence Support analysis of
what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
The student offers clear &
specific observations that
are well supported by
relevant and specific
evidence from the text.
POINTS: 6
The student supports
their answer using
limited examples from
the text.
POINTS: 2
The student does not
use evidence from the
text to support their
answer.
POINTS: 0
Closing Sentence (W.6.2.f)
Provide a concluding
statement or section that
follows from the information
or explanation presented.
Provides a conclusion that
restates the topic sentence
in a different way; it
follows from and supports
information/explanation
presented.
There are few, if any,
errors in grammar and
conventions (grammar
and usage, spelling,
punctuation, and
capitalization).
The student supports
their answer using
evidence from the text
but lacks some relevant
and specific examples.
The answer is not fully
developed. POINTS: 4
Provides a conclusion
that follows from and
supports
information/explanation
presented.
Provides a sense of
closure, but the
conclusion is weak. It is
not specific to the topic
There is no conclusion.
I can't tell that you are
finished writing.
There are some errors in
grammar and
conventions, but they do
not interfere with
understanding the
response.
There are many errors
in grammar and
conventions that
interfere with
understanding parts of
the response.
There are so many
errors in grammar and
conventions that it is
difficult to understand
the response.
Conventions (L.6.1 & L.6.2)
Demonstrate command of
the conventions of standard
English grammar and usage,
capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling when writing.
1
0
Score for Prompt 1:_____/18
Prompt 2
3
2
Restates the Question (W.6.4)
Produce clear and coherent
writing in which the
development, organization,
and style are appropriate to
the task, purpose and
audience.
Evidence (RL.6.1/RI.6.1) Cite
textual evidence.
The topic sentence is clear
and effectively restates all
aspects of the
question/prompt.
The topic sentence clearly
restates the
question/prompt.
The topic sentence is
relatively clear and
addresses the main
point fairly well.
There is no topic
sentence. The
paragraph begins with
a supporting detail.
The student has 3
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 2
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 1
supporting details from
the text.
The student has 0
supporting details from
the text.
Evidence Support analysis of
what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
The student offers clear &
specific observations that
are well supported by
relevant and specific
evidence from the text.
POINTS: 6
The student supports
their answer using
limited examples from
the text.
POINTS: 2
The student does not
use evidence from the
text to support their
answer.
POINTS: 0
Closing Sentence (W.6.2.f)
Provide a concluding
statement or section that
follows from the information
or explanation presented.
Provides a conclusion that
restates the topic sentence
in a different way; it
follows from and supports
information/explanation
presented.
There are few, if any,
errors in grammar and
conventions (grammar
and usage, spelling,
punctuation, and
capitalization).
The student supports
their answer using
evidence from the text
but lacks some relevant
and specific examples.
The answer is not fully
developed. POINTS: 4
Provides a conclusion
that follows from and
supports
information/explanation
presented.
Provides a sense of
closure, but the
conclusion is weak. It is
not specific to the topic
There is no conclusion.
I can't tell that you are
finished writing.
There are some errors in
grammar and
conventions, but they do
not interfere with
understanding the
response.
There are many errors
in grammar and
conventions that
interfere with
understanding parts of
the response.
There are so many
errors in grammar and
conventions that it is
difficult to understand
the response.
Conventions (L.6.1 & L.6.2)
Demonstrate command of
the conventions of standard
English grammar and usage,
capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling when writing.
1
0
Score for Prompt 2:_____/18
Total Score:_____/36