Format
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Organization
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Language
Competence
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Conventions
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Rubric for Alphabet Autobiography
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Demonstrates
 Demonstrates
 Demonstrates a
no awareness
little
good awareness
of audience
awareness of
of audience
audience
Demonstrates
 Demonstrates
little
 Demonstrates
an
knowledge of
little
understanding
aspects of an
understanding
of many
autobiography
of the aspects
aspects of an
of an
autobiography
autobiography
Develops few
 Develops some
 Develops main
ideas with
ideas with
ideas with
little or no
some details
many
detail
supporting
details
Uses only
general
vocabulary
Uses only
simple
sentences
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Makes many
spelling,
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Uses little
descriptive
vocabulary
Uses a limited
variety of
sentence forms
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Makes some
errors in
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Uses a variety
of descriptive
vocabulary
Uses some
variety of
sentence forms
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Makes a few
errors in
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Level 4
Clearly
demonstrates
an awareness
of audience
Demonstrates
clear
knowledge of
all aspects of
an
autobiography
Clearly
develops main
ideas with
numerous
supporting
detail.
Uses a variety
of
sophisticated
and
descriptive
vocabulary
Effectively
uses a variety
of sentence
forms
Uses spelling,
grammar, and
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grammar, and
punctuation
errors
Makes no
paragraph
indentations
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Use of time
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Poor use of
class time
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Illustrations
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Little or no
illustrations
were done
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spelling
grammar, and
punctuation
Organizes
material
poorly into
paragraph
units
Good use of
class time
Pages were
somewhat
illustrated
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spelling,
grammar, and
punctuation
Organizes
material into
paragraph
units with
accuracy
Class time
used well most
of the time
Good
illustration
reflecting
writer’s words
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punctuation
very
accurately
Uses paragraph
appropriately
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Excellent use
of class time
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Excellent
visual
representation
s of written
words and
ideas