

FSA Writes Rubric Review
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Teacher Mariah
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5 Slides • 11 Questions
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Poll
Do you feel confident with understanding the rubric uses to score your writing?
Very confident
I feel good about it
I am not too confident
I have no clue how to read it
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Purpose, Focus, Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
Conventions of Standard English
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Highest score is 4 points
Has a clear and effective claim
The student stays on topic and focused during the essay
Paragraphs are seen with transitional words
(7th and 8th Graders have counterclaim)
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Multiple Select
What are some words associated with the Purpose, Focus, and Organization section of the rubric? CLICK ALL THAT APPLY.
Topic Sentences
Claim Evidence
Paragraphs
Stays on topic
6
Highest score is 4 points
Evidence from the text is used
The evidence directly relates to the topic
Citations are done properly
Student uses commentary in detail to support their evidence
7
Multiple Select
What are some words associated with the Evidence and Elaboration section of the rubric? CLICK ALL THAT APPLY.
Punctuation
Claim Evidence
Commentary
Introduction
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Highest score is 2 points
Spelling and Punctuation has little to no errors
Strong sentence structures
Capitalization and Quotation Marks
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Multiple Select
What are some words associated with the Conventions of Standard English section of the rubric? CLICK ALL THAT APPLY.
Punctuation
Claim Evidence
Spelling
Sentence structure
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Multiple Choice
What is the highest you can score on Purpose, Focus, and Organization?
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4
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Multiple Choice
What is the highest you can score on Evidence and Elaboration?
1
2
3
4
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Multiple Choice
What is the highest you can score on Conventions of Standard English?
1
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3
4
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Multiple Choice
Read the paragraph below. Then score the student for PURPOSE, FOCUS, and ORGANIZATION
Music artists such as Cardi B, Lil Nas X, and Megan Thee Stallion are not responsible for the music children and teens listen to. According to source 3 "Music is meant to make people happy, sad, excited, and joyful. We feel emotions through music. I can relate because when I am sad I listen to certain music. Also, in source 1 it states "teens listen to more music than anyone else on the world." I can agree because I listen to music all day long. If I did not have music, I would go crazy.
Low 1-2
Medium 3
High 4
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Multiple Choice
Read the paragraph below. Then score the student for EVIDENCE AND ELABORATION
Music is a tool that many teens use to sort through emotions. According to source 3 "Music is meant to make people happy, sad, excited, and joyful." We feel emotions through music. I can relate because when I am sad I listen to certain music. Also, in source 1 it states "teens listen to more music than anyone else in the world." I can agree because I listen to music all day long. If I did not have music, I would go crazy.
Low 1-2
Medium 3
High 4
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Multiple Choice
Read the paragraph below. Then score the student for CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH
Music is a tol that many teens use to sort thru emotions. According to source 3 "Music is meant to make people happy, sad, excited, and joyful." We feel emotions through music. I can relate because when I am sad I listen to certain music. Also in sourse 1 "teens listen to more music than anyone else in the world." I can agree because I listen to music all day long. If I did not have music, I wood go crazy.
Low 0
Medium 1
High 2
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Poll
Do you feel better now after completing this lesson?
I feel better!
I feel about the same
I feel worse
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