Students name: ___________________

Personal Writing Checklist (Revised Rubric)

Student Assessment

Teacher Assessment

Excellent!

Yes
Criteria

Good

Sometimes

No

Needs
Improvement

Content and
Ideas
Did I write about what I
see and what I feel?
Are my ideas clear?
Did I add details and
examples?
Did I use adjectives?
Is my topic sentence at
the beginning of my
text?
Is my topic sentence
clear?

Grammar
Did I write complete
sentences?
Do all my sentences
make sense?

Spelling
Did I look up words in
the dictionary that I did
not know how to spell?

Punctuation and
Capitalization
Do all my sentences
begin with a capital and
end with a period?

Teachers comments/suggestions:
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