DLI 3rd grade guide

3rd Grade Wonders Expository Writing Rubric

Purpose, Focus, and Organization (4-point Rubric) ● Stays focused on the purpose, audience, and task ● States the central idea in a clear way ● Uses transitional strategies, such as the use of signal, or linking, words and phrases, to show how ideas are connected ● Has a logical progression of ideas ● Begins with a strong introduction and ends with a conclusion ● Stays mostly focused on the purpose, audience, and task ● States the central idea in a mostly clear way ● Uses some transitional strategies, such as the use of signal, or linking, words and phrases, to show how ideas are connected ● Has a mostly logical progression of ideas ● Begins with an introduction and ends with a conclusion

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric)

Score

4

● Supports the central idea with convincing details ● Has strong examples of relevant evidence, or supporting details, with references to multiple sources ● Uses elaborative techniques, such as examples, definitions, and quotations from sources ● Uses precise language to express ideas clearly ● Uses appropriate academic and domain-specific language that matches the audience and purpose of the essay ● Uses different sentence types and lengths ● Supports the central idea with mostly convincing details ● Has examples of relevant evidence, or supporting details, with references to multiple sources ● Uses some elaborative techniques, such as examples, definitions, and quotations from sources ● Uses some precise language to express ideas clearly ● Uses some appropriate academic and domain-specific language that matches the audience and purpose of the essay ● Uses some different sentence types and lengths

3

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