Student 5A Rubric Analysis

When comparing student 5A writing sample to the rubric, the student wrote an informative text which examines a topic, for example, the space race between America and Russia, who would land on the moon first. The rubric is divided into five categories and is ranked as 1 for little evidence, 2 for approaching standard, and 3 meets expectations. The first category of the rubric states whether the writer included a topic clearly, general observation, information relating to the topic, and descriptions of the writing. The introduction clearly stated a topic sentence and main themes which provided a general focus for the paper. The bodies’ paragraph began with a topic sentence which informed the reader on the theme of each paragraph that followed

When was JFK speech?” The student was approaching standard (2), he/she did not include definitions, quotations, and provided limited detail. The third category of the rubric is connecting ideas with information while using words, phrases, and clauses. Student 5A paper connects ideas with categories of information such as using words which followed a chronological order, for example, “America had won the Space Race by landing a man on the moon.” The student provided little evidence (1) for phrases and clauses which were limited in the paper. The fourth category of the rubric is using proper language and domain-specific vocabulary to explain the theme. Student 5A paper use precise language to further explain the theme such as using tax money to build the rockets but did not provide any vocabulary for the Space Race, Russia, and America, the student was approaching standard

(Smarter Balance) The particular rubric is from the CA Common State Standards for fifth grade students which has five sections and is ranked as 1 for little evidence, 2 for approaching standard, and 3 meets expectations. The first section is whether the topic was clearly stated along with observation, information being used properly such as formatting and heading and illustrations to assist with comprehending the writing. Student B paper introduction was a bit confusing, the topic was not clearly stated but informed the reader on the general idea of the assignment such as stating the three main themes, for example, the topic sentence did not connect to the main themes such as “The Apollo landing on the moon was a imporant time in American history.” The logically information was written properly except for spelling errors. The writer included a title and indented every paragraph but the format was incorrect such as the student providing a title for every paragraph was unnecessary. The illustrations could have been expanded more such as including more detailed information on the bet between Russia and America. Student 5B paper was approaching standard (2), the student attempt to provide the necessary information but needs to revise the assignment and include the missing information. The second rubric statement is progressing the topic with