Writing standard based rubrics

Writing standard based rubrics

We are backwards engineering our curriculum based rubrics to the Common Core Standards.

Know your standards!!

Yes there are writing standards but there are convention standards in the language strand. There are reading: Literature standards that apply when completing some writing tasks as such a fictional book review or book jacket. There are reading: informational standards that apply when citing sources, summarizing a book, or doing a research report.

Find the standards that apply. Find a good base rubric. Last time we used the 6+1 rubric because it was so widely used in the county. This time I hope we adopt a version of the Smarter Balanced rubric with standards wove in there. So better yet group your standards into areas.

No one size rubric fits all. There should be a generic rubric for each type of writing such as informational, opinion, and narrative.  But then that needs to be tailored to that specific assignment.

Step 1 Go through your standards

Step 2 Develop your base rubric ( Smarter Balanced).

Step3 Develop the generic types.

Step4 Dig into the specific assignments. What is the textbooks asking the students to do and on what page? Cite that in the rubric. If you can put them up into the categories you created good. Otherwise make them a separate line.

                A spreadsheet can help you map this. Look for gaps.

Step 5 have another teacher proof read.

Step 6 publish publish publish!! Make sure parents and students have access to the rubrics before they start the assignment!