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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric--Personal Experience Essay 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric--Personal Experience Essay Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising. Specifically, students will write about impotant people who have had a profound effect upon their lives. Rubric Code: J4588X By shanabuckley Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

LS 2C - 5 Paragraph Essay
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 5 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Below Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate 0 pts
Response to Prompt	Effective Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt--writing about a person who is important to the writer's life.	Adequate Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Marginal Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Below Marginal Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.	Inadequate Does not attempt to address prompt
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization. Effective transitions are present to bridge between paragraphs.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan. Transitions are used to bridge paragraphs.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan. Some transitions are used to bridge paragraphs.	Below Marginal Fails to organize ideas. A very limited use of transitions are used between paragraphs.	Inadequate Contains no organization or ideas.
Development & Details	Effective Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Adequate Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Marginal Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Below Marginal Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.	Inadequate Demonstrates no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information
Word Choice	Effective Exhibits varied and precise word choice.	Adequate Exhibits appropriate word choice.	Marginal Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including inappropriate selections.	Below Marginal Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.	Inadequate Exhibits weak and/or inappropriate words.
Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Below Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros

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