Scoring Guide for Portfolio Completion Using Six Traits

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Scoring Guide for Portfolio Completion Using Six
Traits
Fully Developed
Developed
Developing Not Developed

• Skillful Response
• 5 Points

• Unsatisfactory Response
• 1 Point

• Insufficient Response
• 2 Points

• Uneven Response
• 3 Points

• Sufficient Response
• 4 Points

• Excellent Response
• 6 Points

• Portfolio includes basic stories and poems.
• Creative Pieces are somewhat balanced.
• Shows some objectivity, accuracy, clarity,
  appropriate style and language type for each
  piece.
• Has at least 6 selections and some are lengthy

• Portfolio includes edited effective stories and
  poems.
• Creative pieces are balanced.
• Shows objectivity, accuracy, clarity,
  appropriate style and language type for each
  piece.
• Has a minimum of 8 selected works

• Portfolio includes no well-written stories and
  poems.
• Shows no objectivity, accuracy, clarity,
  appropriate style and language type for each
  article.
• Does not have enough to judge completely (less
  than 4)

• Portfolio includes weak stories and poems.
• Creative Pieces are hardly balanced.
• Shows no objectivity, accuracy, clarity,
  appropriate style and language type for each
  article.
• Has less than 5 selected works

• Portfolio includes some creative pieces, but they
  are not fully developed.
• Pieces are not all balanced.
• Shows few signs of objectivity, accuracy,
  clarity, appropriate style and language type for
  each article.
• Has 5 pieces included some with some degree of
  length

• Portfolio includes polished and well-written
  stories and poems
• Every piece is balanced
• Shows objectivity, accuracy, clarity,
  appropriate style and language type for each
  piece.
• Portfolio goes beyond expectations.
• Portfolio has at least 10 pieces

Ideas and Content

• Lack of structure in stories and poems displayed
  in portfolio
• disorganized and hard to follow.
• Missing or weak intro and conclusion.
• Organization provides some signs of
  development, but not effective.
• Transitions are weak connections between ideas
  are difficult to follow.
• Lack of structure.

• Attempts at organization in portfolio are
  evident may be a List of stories and poems.
• Beginning and ending of stories and poems are
  not developed.
• Organization has been attempted, but is
  ineffective.

• Portfolio shows organization and is appropriate,
  but conventional
• Attempt at introduction and conclusion is
  general
• Generally consistent throughout stories and
  poems
• Organization is effective and efficient with
  overall structure.
• Attempt at Introduction and conclusion.

• Portfolio is in strong order and structure
• Inviting intro and satisfying closur
• Consistency throughout each creative piece
• Organization enhances the main idea, and is
  controlled
• order, structure, and presentation move the
  reader through the pieces effectively.

• Lack of coherence in stories and poems displayed
  in portfolio
• confusing.
• No identifiable introduction or conclusion.
• The writing lacks direction due to ideas and
  details being loosely connected
• Illogical flow that hinders understanding
• No organization is evident throughout
  portfolio.

• Portfolio effectively organized in logical and
  creative manner
• Creative and engaging intro and conclusion
• Balance throughout each piece
• Organization is well controlled, with logical
  sequence of reasons and strong transitions.

Organiztion/Fluency

• Words displayed in the stories and poems in the
  portfolio may be correct but mundane.
• No attempt at deliberate choice.
• The writers voice may be inappropriate or
  non-existent.
• Tone is generally used correctly at certain
  points of the story.

• Limited range of words are displayed in stories
  and poems in the portfolio.
• Some vocabulary misused in stories and poems.
• Unclear and inaccurate.
• Reader cant focus on meaning of writing in
  portfolio.

• Words displayed in the stories and poems in the
  portfolio are monotonous, often repetitious,
  sometimes inappropriate and unclear.
• Writer not aware of audience.
• The writing isnt engaging or insightful.

• Language in portfolio is functional and
  appropriate.
• Descriptions may be overdone at times.
• The writer is genuine and generally involved in
  the topic.
• The tone is appropriate.

• Writing in portfolio is descriptive, broad range
  of words.
• Word choice energizes writing.
• The writer confident and effective with style
  and voice.

• Writing in portfolio is clear, concise, to the
  point.
• Expressive, engaging, sincere. Strong sense of
  audience.

Voice/Word Choice

• No mistakes in spelling, grammar convenitons
• Manipulation of conventions may occur for
  stylistic effect
• Strong use of punctuation or word placement
  guides reader through text

Conventions

• Strong control of standard writing
  conventions-deviations are obviously poetic
  liense
• Little need to edit

• control over conventions but wide range is not
  demonstrated
• Few errors
• Moderate need to edit

• Some control over basic conventions BUT frequent
  errors misspelling
• Errors dont block meaning but are distracting

• Little control of writing conventions
• Frequent mistakes in spelling punctuation
  paragraphing
• Obscures meaning

• Paragraphs run together or begin incorrectly
• Error in grammar useage impedes meaning