KWL Rubric
4 points 3 points 2 points
Completion & Completes KWL chart
Directions with 6 or more entries
in each column
Writing Skills Students
demonstrates mastery
in his/her writing skills
with little to no
grammar and
punctuation errors
Inferences Student accurately
infers answers to 5 or
more of his/her own
questions
Critical Thinking Student’s comments
are in depth and
show evidence of
critical thinking
Reading Student accurately
applies content from
the speech in their
answers for the “L”
part of the KWL Chart
Highest Score Possible: 20 points
Rubric guidance from:
https://www.scribd.com/document/363221432/kwl-scoring-rubric
1 point
Completes KWL chart Completes KWL Chart Completes KWL Chart
with 4-5 entries in with 3 entries in each with less than 3 entries
each column column in each column
Student demonstrates Demonstrates writing Little to no writing skills
adequate writing skills skills without demonstrated
in grammar and cohesiveness. Writing
punctuation. Some is difficult to interpret
errors interfere with
meaning
Student finds answers Student finds answers Student finds answers
to 4 of his/her own to 3 of his/her own to less than 3 of
questions questions his/her own questions
Student’s ideas show Student’s ideas are Student’s ideas show
evidence of critical short and narrow no evidence of
thinking critical thinking
Student applies the Student somewhat Student does not
content from the applies the content apply content from
article in their answers from the article into the article in their
for the “L” part of the their answers for the answers for the “L”
KWL Charts “L” part of the KWL part of the KWL Chart
Chart