Rubrics!

I use rubrics to grade almost everything in writing!  Here are the rubrics I use...

When we write, we plan our writing by starting with a circle map. 

Circle Map:

I use a rubric to grade their circle map planning:

Circle Map Rubric 

We use this flow map to organize our story:

Flow Map

I use this rubric to grade their flow map:

Flow Map Rubric

We then move on to the final copy and publishing of our story.  I use this rubric to grade their published work.

Published Story Rubric

I also use the following rubrics for our other writing grades:

Research Rubric

Listening/Speaking Rubric

Capitalization Rubric

 Punctuation Rubric

 Handwriting Rubric

In writing, we recently covered strong leads, close-in endings, and adding dialogue.  I used these rubrics to grade just those elements of their story.

Strong Lead Rubric

  Close-In Endings Rubric

Adding Dialogue Rubric

Wow!  That's a lot of rubrics!  I hope you can find something here that you can use!  (I also added all of these rubrics to the formtastic forms page!)