The South Carolina 15 Point Extended Response Rubric

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The South Carolina 15 Point Extended Response
Rubric

• Your teacher uses this to grade your writing in
  grades 3-8. Your teacher must look at your
  writing four times.

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SC 15 Point Writing Rubric4434 15 ( The
highest score)
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Your Rubric Flip Book
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Inside your flip book
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Content
When creating a story, you want it to be the
best it can be. You want to make it like the
perfect hamburger. You need a main part for the
plot (the meat). You need lots of details to
make it easy to visualize (extras such as
lettuce, pickles, onions, cheese). You need
supporting details for more evidence. (ketchup,
mayo, mustard) The bun represents the topic
sentence and the conclusion.
Nicks juicy homemade double cheeseburger
is the best in town. His burgers are so full of
flavor your taste buds will go wild when you take
your first bite. You will love the crunchy
lettuce, and spicy onions. The mayonnaise and
ketchup give it the just right taste. Cola and
fries are the perfect sides to the hamburger
meal. When you come visit you will want try this
awesome meal.
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Content

• Earn 4 Points by including
• Main Idea
• Details
• Support
• Conclusion

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Organization
Building a SNOWMAN is a process. You must
do things in the correct order so they make
sense. First you build the base then the
middle and head. Next you include the pieces
that help describe what you are doing. Then you
end your creation with a finished creation that
is superb.
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Organization
Earn 4 Points by including Beginning Middle
End All ideas are in order
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Voice
Close your eyes and vote with a one two or three.
The cat is fat.
The black cat walked down the road.
The enormous furry cat scurried down the dark
alley.
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Voice

• Earn 3 Points by including
• Vivid Vocabulary
• Special Sentences
• Attention to the task and audience

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Conventions

• We all must follow the rules
• Analogy to driving
• Cleaning up before a guest comes over
• WHY?????
• SO readers will want to read it all.

Clean up your writing.
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Conventions

• Earn four points by following the rules
• Use the editors checklist
• Check spelling and punctuation
• Use correct grammar
• Write legibly

Clean up your writing.