2nd grade Instructional Guide

2nd Grade Wonders Expository Rubric

Purpose, Focus, and Organization (4-point Rubric)

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric)

Score

4

●​ Stays focused on

●​ Supports the central idea with facts and details ●​ Includes relevant evidence, or supporting details, from the sources ●​ Uses elaborative techniques, such as examples, definitions, and quotations ●​ Expresses ideas clearly with precise language ●​ Uses academic vocabulary to explain the topic ●​ Has different sentence types and lengths ●​ Supports the central idea with facts and details ●​ Includes relevant evidence, or supporting details, from the sources ●​ Uses an acceptable amount of different types of details that show understanding of the topic ●​ Expresses ideas with some precise language ●​ Uses some academic vocabulary to explain the topic ●​ Has some different sentence types and lengths

purpose, audience, and task ●​ States the central idea, or main idea ●​ Connects ideas with transitional words ●​ Presents ideas in a logical order ●​ Begins with an ●​ Stays mostly focused on purpose, audience, and task ●​ States a central idea, or main idea that is supported in some parts of the essay ●​ Connects ideas with some transitional words ●​ Presents ideas in a logical order ●​ Begins with an introduction and ends with a conclusion introduction and ends with a conclusion that sums up the topic

3

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