Sanford Middle School

Score Point Tips:

Score Point 0 = No attempt or writing is not related to the prompt

Score Point 1 = Bare ideas

Score Point 2 = Some extensions and attempts at organization

Score Point 3 = Consistently extended writing and clear organizational pattern

Score Point 4 = Consistently extended writing, clear organizational pattern, and at least one elaboration

Score Point 5 = Consistently extended nad elaborated writing, with clear organizational pattern

Score Point 6 = Consistently extended and elaborated writing, with clear organizational pattern, and with mature vocabulary

What are extensions?

 An extension attempts to “list” or extend ideas related to the bare idea but does not provide the reader with any details.

For example:
I like going to baseball games with my Dad. (bare idea)

We catch fly balls with my glove. (extension)

We eat hotdogs and we sing at the seventh inning stretch. (extension)

   An elaboration attempts to provide details about an extended idea. It is an up close, detailed look at the extension.

For example:

I like going to baseball games with my Dad. (bare idea)
We catch fly balls with my glove. (extension)

I remember one time a ball got hit right behind me. (elaboration)

It bounced and landed right in a guys lap, hit his hotdog and spilled mustard everywhere. (elaboration)

He got to keep the ball and I think it was worth it. (elaboration)

From Kathy Orapallo “Scaffolds not Crutches”