Looking For Middle School Writing Rubrics?

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Edmond Public Schools has created writing rubics for their middle schools and kindly loaded them onto their website where we can use them.

From EPS site:

Closely correlated to the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT) Analytic Writing Rubric, Edmond's writing rubrics are used to set expectations for, to guide, and to assess student writing. The following rubrics should, therefore, be used by students during prewriting/planning, drafting, revising, and editing/proofreading — in other words, in all of the stages of the writing process. Before the final copy is turned in, shared, or published, the rubrics can be valuable tools when used in peer editing — with parents, classmates, siblings, etc. The rubrics should then be used by teachers to assess student papers.

You can view and download the rubrics here.

If you need more generalized rubrics that are not tied to a specific set of standards, try the rubrics from  the Literacy Design Collaborative, which you can download here.

Related topics: Teaching Writing

About the author 

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

Michelle Boyd Waters is the founder of reThink ELA, where she creates research-informed resources that help middle and high school English teachers build stronger communities of readers and writers. After teaching secondary English for 10 years, Michelle has continued working alongside educators and students as a university composition instructor, writing center director, teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project, and mentor to new teachers. Her work brings together classroom experience, literacy research, and writing center pedagogy to create practical resources that support authentic reading, meaningful writing, and student voice. Through reThink ELA, she helps teachers create classrooms where both students and educators can thrive.

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