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April Poetry Assignment [[file:SPRING POETRY ASSIGNMENT2012- Grade 7.pdf]]
__** The 5 Paragraph Essay: **__ []

Writing Rubric:

· How well did you understand what you had to do for this writing task? · Did you stay focused on the topic? · Writing is exceptionally interesting J ||   || · Did you include the important information and leave out the unimportant information? · Are the main ideas clear? · Did you describe/expand the main ideas so that the reader could understand the task at hand? ||  ||  · How well did you organize your writing? · Does it have a sense of flow and direction? · How well did you arrange and develop your paragraph? Is there a beginning? Middle? End? ||  ||  · How well did you use colorful/rich words to pain a clear picture in the mind of the reader? · Did you use different kinds of sentences? · Did you write from your personal experiences and develop your own style? ||  ||  · How well did you use your punctuation, capitalization and spelling skills? · Did you indent each paragraph? ||  ||
 * Quality || ** Rubric Score/ Rating Scale **
 * 1: Weak**
 * 2. Fair**
 * 3. Good**
 * 4. Excellent** ||
 * __Clarity/Focus/ Meaning__:
 * __Development/Details:__
 * __Organization:__
 * __Vocabulary/ Language:__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">__Mechanics/ Usage:__

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