Writing Rubric: TRAVELOGUE
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Title There is no title, or the title is
unoriginal (e.g. “Travelogue
Writing Piece”)
Setting Where and when the travel
experience takes place is not
clear
Word Choice Writer uses common word
choices. A mental picture of
the setting is either not clear
or not achieved
First-Person First-person narration is
Narration rarely used, if at all. Writer
uses first-person narration
once in a while, or not at all
5 Senses Writer incorporates one of
the five senses, or does not
incorporate them at all
Organization Writing is hard to follow and
transitions are not clear
(ideas and scenes seem to
change randomly)
Spelling, Many spelling punctuation,
Grammar, and grammatical errors
Punctuation interferes with the meaning
- for than 5 errors
Writing There is little evidences of
Process editing and revising, between
the brainstorm, the rough
copy, and the good copy
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There is a title but it does not
appear to be related to the
wriing piece
Few descriptive words are used
to tell where and when the
travel experience takes place
Writer uses some variation of
word choice. It is difficult to see
a mental picture of the setting
First-person narration is
sometimes used. Writer will
sometimes use another mode
of narration in their writing
piece
Writer incorporates two out of
the five senses
Writing is little hard to follow.
Transitions are somewhat clear
A number of spelling,
punctuation, or grammatical
errors (3-4 errors)
There is some evidence of
editing and revising between
the brainstorm, the rough copy,
and the good copy
There is a title that is relatedThere is a title that sparks
to the writing piece interest and is related to the
writing piece
Some descriptive words are Many descriptive words are
used to tell where and when used to tell where and when
the travel experience takes the travel experience takes
place place
Writer uses a variety of Writer uses a wide variety of
interesting words, and creates interesting words and creates a
a mental picture for the very clear mental picture for the
readers readers
First-person narration is used First-person narration is used
most of the time. Writer will all the time
use another mode of
narration once or twice
through their writing piece
Writer incorporates four out of Write incorporates all the five
the five senses senses very effectively
Writing is organized with clear Writing is very well organized.
transitions One idea or scene follows
another with smooth/clear
transitions
Few spelling, punctuation, or Virtually no spelling,
grammatical errors (2-3 punctuation, or grammatical
errors) errors
There is evidence of editing There is a lot of evidence of
and revising between the editing and revising between
brainstorm, the rough copy, the brainstorm, the rough copy,
and the good copy and the good copy