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Paragraph Paragraph The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, a body and a concluding sentence. Proper punctuation and capitalization is required. Rubric Code: C22WX26 By dragozetic Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

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	Level 1 1 pts	Level 2 2 pts	Level 3 3 pts	Level 4 4 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that presents a single idea in a concise and clear way.	Level 1 The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.	Level 2 Topic sentence contains more than one idea and/or the main idea is not easy to understand. Or the topic sentence is some place other than the beginning of the paragraph.	Level 3 Topic sentence contains only one idea but the main idea is not easy to understand.	Level 4 Topic sentence has one idea and the main idea is easy to understand.
Paragraph Body The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.	Level 1 The paragraph does not contain a body of at least three detail sentences.	Level 2 The body of the paragraph does not support the topic.	Level 3 The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence but also introduces a new idea that is unrelated.	Level 4 The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.
Concluding Sentence The paragraph ends with a concluding sentence that summarizes the topic sentence and the body.	Level 1 The paragraph does not contain a concluding sentence.	Level 2 The concluding sentence does not recap the topic sentence.	Level 3 The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence, but not the body of the paragraph.	Level 4 The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence and the details in the paragraph body.
Punctuation and capitalization Capital letters, commas and periods are used according to grammar rules.	Level 1 Capital letters, commas and periods are used with five or more errors.	Level 2 Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than five errors.	Level 3 Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than two errors.	Level 4 Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly 100% of the time.
Spelling and Grammar Spelling and Grammar have been checked and corrected.	Level 1 There are more than 6 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.	Level 2 There are 3-5 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.	Level 3 There are 1 or 2 errors in spelling and/or grammar	Level 4 There are no mistakes in spelling and/or grammar.