Rating Form for Opinion Essay
Ask yourself:
1
2
3
4
Did I introduce
No, I didn’t
Well, I
Yes, I introduced
Yes, I
the topic I am
introduce my
somewhat
my topic.
introduced my
writing about?
topic at all.
introduced my
topic in a
topic.
CREATIVE way!
Did I clearly state
No, I didn’t state
Well, I
Yes, I stated my
Yes, I clearly
my opinion?
my opinion at
somewhat
opinion.
stated my
all.
stated my
opinion in a
opinion.
very CREATIVE
way!
Did I supply
No, I didn’t
Well, I supplied
Yes, I supplied
Yes, I supplied
reasons to
supply any
ONE reason to
more than one
MANY reasons
support my
reasons to
support my
reason to
to support my
opinion?
support my
opinion.
support my
opinion in a
opinion.
opinion.
very CREATIVE
way.
Did I provide a
No, I didn’t
Well, I
Yes, I provided a
Yes, I provided a
concluding
provide a
somewhat
concluding
concluding
statement or
concluding
provided a
statement or
statement or
section?
statement or
concluding
section.
section in a very
section at all.
statement or
CREATIVE way!
section.
Rating form for an Informative Essay
Ask yourself:
1
2
3
4
Did I introduce
No, I didn’t
Well, I
Yes, I introduced
Yes, I
the topic I am
introduce my
somewhat
my topic.
introduced my
writing about?
topic at all.
introduced my
topic in a
topic.
CREATIVE way!
Did I use facts
No, I didn’t use
Well, I used a
Yes, I used
Yes, I used
and definitions to
facts and
FEW facts and
SEVERAL facts
MANY facts and
develop points?
definitions to
definitions to
and definitions
definitions to
develop points.
develop points.
to develop
develop points
points.
in a very
CREATIVE way!
Did I provide a
No, I didn’t
Well, I
Yes, I provided a
Yes, I provided a
concluding
provide a
somewhat
concluding
concluding
statement or
concluding
provided a
statement or
statement or
section?
statement or
concluding
section.
section in a very
section at all.
statement or
creative way!
section.
Rating form for an Narrative Essay
Ask yourself: 1
Did I recount a No, I didn’t
well-elaborated recount an
event or short event at all.
sequence of
Content Area:
Score:
2
3
4
Four-squares
Well, I
Yes, I recounted
Yes, I recounted
Rough Drafts:
somewhat
an event or
an event or
Revisions:
recounted an
short sequence
short sequence
Final Drafts:
event or short
of events.
of events in a
events?
sequence of
CREATIVE way!
events.
Did I include
No, I didn’t
Well, I included
Yes, I included
Yes, I included
details to
include details
SOME details to
SEVERAL details
details to
describe actions,
to describe
describe
to describe
describe
thoughts, and
actions,
actions,
actions,
actions,
feelings?
thoughts and
thoughts, and
thoughts, and
thoughts, and
feelings at all.
feelings.
feelings.
feelings in a
very CREATIVE
way!
Did I use
No, I didn’t use
Well, I used a
Yes, I used
Yes, I used many
temporal words
temporal words
FEW temporal
SEVERAL
temporal words
to signal event
to signal event
words to signal
temporal words
to signal event
order?
order.
event order.
to signal event
order.
order.
Did I provide a
No, I didn’t
Well, I
Yes, I provided a
Yes, I provided a
sense of closure?
provide a sense
somewhat
sense of closure.
sense of closure
of closure at all.
provided a
in a very
sense of closure.
CREATIVE way!
Rubric for assessing portfolio:
Content Area:
Score:
Four-squares
15%
Rough Drafts:
30%
Revisions:
10%
Final Drafts:
45%
