Writing Rubrics & Writing Checklists to Evaluate Middle School Student Work

Here are 7 checklists and rubrics to evaluate a wide variety of writing tasks! You can use all of them for writing assignments in middle school Language Arts and English classes and also to assess writing tasks in Social Studies, Science, Math, and other subject classes as well. Used successfully for peer editing, formative assessment, and summative assessment purposes, these ready-made evaluation tools will save you time when grading your 5th, 6th, 7th and/or 8th grade students' work.

Please note:

* Two of the rubrics are all-purpose writing rubrics you can use for a wide variety of writing tasks. These 2 rubrics can be purchased together in a smaller resource if you prefer; you can find them HERE.

* This collection of 7 rubrics and checklists is also available in a big bundle with 7 writing-themed resources at a savings of 20% off the cost of each individual product; you can find it HERE.

Resource at a Glance:

★ What will students learn?

* The criteria used to assess 7 different types of writing.

★ Who is it for?

* All students, including English Language Learners at intermediate and higher levels of language proficiency.

★ How does it help teachers?

* Some of the checklists and rubrics just need to be printed out and photocopied, so they save you time.

* Some of the checklists and rubrics let you determine some of the grading criteria yourself, so you can partially customize them.

* All the checklists and rubrics come in multiple versions, to give you options when evaluating student work.

* By sharing the checklists and rubrics with students before they start writing, students will know how their work will be evaluated.

What educators who have used this resource say about it:

♥ "Great resource." -- Daisy T.

♥ "Wonderful! Simple to use and understand!" -- Morgan S.

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What you get in this product:

★ Table of contents for quick reference (1 page)

★ A Notes to the Teacher section with background information (2 pages)

★ A list of ELA Common Core standards this resource helps address (1 page)

★ Checklist for cartoon projects (2 color & 2 black-and-white pages, for a total of 4 pages)

★ Checklist for a compare-and-contrast essay (2 color & 2 black-and-white pages, for a total of 4 pages)

★ General writing task rubric #1 (2 color & 2 black-and-white pages, for a total of 4 pages)

★ General writing task rubric #2 (4 color and 4 black-and-white pages, for a total of 8 pages)

★ Poetry rubric (4 color and 4 black-and-white pages, for a total of 8 pages)

★ Digital poster rubric (4 color and 4 black-and-white pages, for a total of 8 pages)

★ Rubric for 3-D folded paper projects (4 color and 4 black-and-white pages, for a total of 8 pages)

More Info:

This collection of 7 rubrics and checklists can be used to assess a wide variety of student work. Both you and your students can use them to evaluate their writing. They work equally well as formative and summative assessment tools.

For maximum flexibility, each checklist and rubric comes in more than 1 version:

* The checklists come in 2 versions: one that is pre-made with all the criteria already filled in and another version where you can decide for yourself how many points each item should be worth.

* 4 rubrics are available in number-based and standards-based versions and also come in pre-made and "fill-in-the-points-yourself" versions, so there are 4 versions for these rubrics.

* The 5th rubric comes in 2 versions: standards-based and number-based because it focuses on form instead of content -- it evaluates, among other things, how well a student writes a topic sentence and the kind of vocabulary used. This rubric is especially useful when assessing ELLs' writing.

Directions for converting the number-based rubrics to a letter grade are provided. If you work in a Common Core state, the CC ELA Writing and Language standards that are addressed by these assessment tools are listed on a separate page for your convenience. Every checklist and rubric is offered in color and black-and-white versions in this product.

Take back some afternoon and weekend time by using these ready-made checklists and rubrics to grade your students' writing assignments!

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