Writing+-+Organization

** Marzanno’s Generic Scale ** || SCORE 5.0 || More complex content || SCORE 4.0 || Target learning Goal || SCORE 3.0 || Simpler content || SCORE 2.0 || With help, partial success of score 2.0, or basic or elemental content || SCORE 10 || Even with help, no success ||

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**Writing – Organization ** || SCORE 5.0 || Strategically selects a variety of effective strategies to establish focus of paragraphs or verses (e.g., questions as topic sentences; varying topic sentence position; implicit topic sentences; repetition of words or dominant images; using appropriate patterns, meters, and rhyme schemes), uses transition words and phrases to signal the progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns, builds tension or suspense that is explained or resolved in the conclusion, and builds toward an effective conclusion. || SCORE 4.0 || Uses a variety of strategies to establish focus of paragraphs or verses (e.g., clear and engaging topic sentences; questions as topic sentences; varying position of topic sentences; repetition of words, phrases, or dominant images; experimenting with various patterns, meters, and rhyme schemes), uses transition words and phrases to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, builds tension or suspense that is explained or resolved in the conclusion, and uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns. || SCORE 3.0 || Establishes a clear focus for paragraphs or verses (e.g., uses a variety of effective types of topic sentences; varies the position of topic sentences; repetition of words, phrases, or dominant images), uses transition words and phrases to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, builds tension or suspense that is explained or resolved in the conclusion, and uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns. || SCORE 2.O || Establishes a clear focus for paragraphs or verses (e.g., uses clear and engaging topic sentences, questions as topic sentences, varying position of topic sentences, repetition of words or dominant images), uses transition words and phrases to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, and uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns. || SCORE 1.0 || Establishes a clear focus for paragraphs or verses (e.g., uses clear topic sentences, repetition of words or images), uses transition words and phrases to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, and uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns. || Establishes a focus for paragraphs or verses, uses transition words and phrases to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs or verses, and uses appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns. ||