TechnicalWritingRubric

(someitemsadaptedfromKansasStateDeptofEducationrubric)

PartI:Definitions
Sentence
Definition

1(Beginning)

5(Developing)

10(Strong)

PartII:
Description
Clarity
Organization
WordChoice
SentenceFluency
Grammar
Usage/Mechanics
Introduction
Body
Conclusion

1(Beginning)

3(Developing)

5(Strong)

TOTAL

PLEASESEETHEKEYTOTHISRUBRICBELOWANDMYCOMMENTS
ONYOURPAPER.

KeytotheAboveRubric
PartI:Definitionspage1:
Ratingof10(Strong):Littletonorevisionneeded.Sentencesareclearandprecise.
Ratingof5(Developing):Somerevisionneeded.Sentencesmaybeclearbutlackprecision.
Ratingof1(Beginning):Majorrevisionrequired.Sentenceslackclarityandprecision.

PartII:Description:
1.Clarity
Ratingof5(Strong):
Thewritingisclearlyfocusedwhichleadstoachievingawelldefinedgoal.

Ratingof3(Developing):
Thewritingaddressesanidentifiablegoalbyofferingthereadergeneralbasicinformation.
Thedevelopmentislimited,sketchy,and/orgeneral.
Ratingof1(Beginning):
Thewritinghasnotclarifiedtheselectedgoal.Thetexthasnoclearsenseofpurpose.

2.Organization
Ratingof5(Strong):
Theorganizationenhancesandshowcasesthepurpose.Thesequence,structure,and
presentationarecompellingandmovethereaderthroughthetext.
Ratingof3(Developing):
Theorganizationalstructureisstrongenoughtomovethereaderfrompointtopoint
withoutundueconfusion.
Ratingof1(Beginning):
Thetextlacksaclearsenseofdirection.Ideasanddetailsseemstrungtogetherina
randomfashion.

3.WordChoice
Ratingof5(Strong):
Wordsconveytheintendedmessageinanaccurateandconcisemannerthatincreasesthe
readersunderstanding.
Ratingof3(Developing):
Thelanguageisfunctionalbutsometimeslacksinterest.Thewordsdonotgetthemessage
across.
Ratingof1(Beginning):
Thewriterstruggleswithalimitedvocabularyandsearchesforwordstoconveymeaning.
Thewordsdonotgetthemessageacross.

4.SentenceFluency
Ratingof5(Strong):
Thetextflowseasilywithavarietyofsentencestructuresandlengths.
Ratingof3(Developing):
Thetextflowsefficientlybutlacksvarietyinsentencestructure.

Ratingof1(Beginning):
Thetextusessentencesthattendtobechoppy,incomplete,rambling,orawkward.The
textisdifficulttofollow.

5.GrammarUsage/Mechanics
Ratingof5(Strong):
Thewriterdemonstratescontrolofstandardwritingconventionsandusesthemeffectively
toenhancereadability.Errorstendtobesofewandminorthereadercaneasilyskimright
overthem.
Ratingof3(Developing):
Thewritershowsreasonablecontroloveralimitedrangeofstandardwritingconventions.
Errorsarenumerousorseriousenoughtobesomewhatdistracting,butthewriterhandles
someconventionswell.
Ratingof1(Beginning):
Errorsinspelling,punctuation,usageandgrammar,capitalization,and/orparagraphing
repeatedlydistractthereaderandmakethetextdifficulttoread.Thereadermustread
oncetodecode,thenagainformeaning.

6.Introduction
Ratingof5(Strong):Strongintroductionthatbeginswiththesentencedefinition.

Ratingof3(Developing):Strongtomoderateintroductionthatmayormaynotinclude
sentencedefinition.
Ratingof1(Beginning):Neitherastrongintroductionnorasentencedefinition.

7.BodyDevelopment
Ratingof5(Strong):Showsclearorganizationalpurpose.
Ratingof3(Developing):Organizationisapparentbutmaylackpurposeorclarity.
Ratingof1(Beginning):Noorganizationalintentapparent.

8.Conclusions
Ratingof5(Strong):Documentshowsaclearandstrongconclusion.
Ratingof3(Developing):Documentcontainsconclusion.
Ratingof1(Beginning):Documentcontainsnoclearconclusion.

9.Design(notformallyaddressedinthisassignment)

Ratingof5(Strong):
Ratingof3(Developing):
Ratingof1(Beginning):

10.References/GraphicCitations(notformallyaddressedinthisassignment)
Ratingof5(Strong):
Ratingof3(Developing):
Ratingof1(Beginning):