Informational Text Writing Rubric 2017

Task: Select a topic that interests you and become an expert on it: locate, close read, and annotate a variety of credible print, digital, and multimedia sources. Compose an
informational essay. Once approved, adapt the informational essay into an interactive text that creatively displays your information. Options may include: Pamphlet, Prezi,
Infographic (easel.ly or infogr.am), Feature article (Canva), Documentary, Podcast, or Screencast (screencastify).

Purpose: To become an expert on a topic and inform others about it.

Audience: Teachers and classmates.

Skill Set Exceeds (A) Meets (B) Approaching (C) Partially Meets (D)
meets+ ❏ Introduce topic clearly, ❏ Introduce topic, previewing the ❏ Introduce topic.
❏ Engage the reader with an previewing the points you’ll points you’ll make. ❏ Organizes information into
Text Types and
effective lead that grabs make. ❏ Organize information into logical categories.
attention.
Purposes ❏ Organize information logically categories. ❏ Develop topic with relevant,
❏ Conclude strongly with an
I can focus my
action closer. into categories using headings and ❏ Develop topic with relevant details. but repetitive details.
writing on one topic,
❏ Organize your subheadings. ❏ Use varied transitions. ❏ Use basic and repetitive
organize it clearly
informational text with a ❏ Develop topic with relevant, ❏ Provide a concluding statement that transitions.
and logically, and
support each
narrative arc to make it varied, and well-chosen details. supports and summarizes topic. ❏ Provide a concluding
subtopic with
more engaging. ❏ Use complex and varied statement.
enough explanation transitions.
for non-experts. ❏ Provide a concluding statement
that supports and summarizes the
topic.
meets+ ❏ Use technology to make it easy ❏ Revise by making daily changes to ❏ Revise by making minimal
❏ allow for interaction and for non-expert readers to writing. changes to writing.
Production of
Writing
collaboration with final navigate. ❏ Critique work ❏ Critique work respectively.
product.
I can master the ❏ Revisions show meaningful effectively/respectfully.
writing process and changes to writing. ❏ Use rubric to improve writing.
use technology to ❏ Critique work effectively and
adapt a text to a respectfully.
digital medium. ❏ Use rubric and mini-lessons to
improve writing.
meets+ ❏ Use and define precise technical ❏ Use precise technical vocabulary ❏ Use some technical
Vocabulary ❏ embed technical vocabulary terms to inform. terms to inform. vocabulary terms to inform.
I can use technical vocabulary terms into text ❏ Maintain a formal writing style. ❏ Maintain a formal writing style.
vocab to inform
about my topic. features.

Skill Set Exceeds (A) Meets (B) Approaching (C) Partially Meets (D)
 Informational Text Writing Rubric 2017
Task: Select a topic that interests you and become an expert on it: locate, close read, and annotate a variety of credible print, digital, and multimedia sources. Compose an
informational essay. Once approved, adapt the informational essay into an interactive text that creatively displays your information. Options may include: Pamphlet, Prezi,
Infographic (easel.ly or infogr.am), Feature article (Canva), Documentary, Podcast, or Screencast (screencastify).

Purpose: To become an expert on a topic and inform others about it.

Audience: Teachers and classmates.

meets + ❏ Cites sources accurately in-text ❏ Cites sources in-text with minor ❏ Lists sources in a
Research
❏ embed citations into according to MLA format. formatting errors. bibliography.
I can locate credible
sources and use writing (“according to”, ❏ Cites sources accurately in a ❏ Cites sources in a bibliography with ❏ Locates at least one credible
information to etc.). bibliography using MLA format. minor formatting errors. source.
inform non-expert ❏ Locates credible, varied ❏ Locates at least three credible, ❏ Locates at least three credible
readers. primary sources. varied sources. sources.
meets + ❏ Capitalize proper nouns. ❏ Capitalize proper nouns. ❏ Capitalize proper nouns.
❏ Use colon, semicolon, ❏ Spell words correctly. ❏ Spell words correctly. ❏ Spell words correctly.
Conventions hyphen, dash, or ellipses ❏ Indicate titles accurately. ❏ Convention errors do not take away ❏ Convention errors take away
accurately
/ distract from the meaning of the / distract from the meaning
I can write about ❏ Use unconventional
text. of the text.
information using decisions (italics,
❏ Indicate titles.
Conventions of indentations, odd
Standard English. line/stanza breaks, etc.)
symbolically in writing.