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Rainforest Informative Essay Informative Essay Students developed an essay that informs the reader about a rainforest topic that the author has researched. Students will share their published essays to the classmates. This was completed through the writing process. Rubric Code: NXXC732 By JenT719 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Rainforest Informative Essay
	Above Standards (N/A)	Meeting Standards (N/A)	Approaching Standards (N/A)	Below Standards (N/A)
Focus/Organization	Above Standards Responds skillfully to all parts of the prompt. Organizes and groups related information into purposeful and coherent paragraphs. Uses varied transitions to link the text and create cohesion.	Meeting Standards Responds to all parts of the prompts. Organizes and groups related information into logical paragraphs. Uses transitions to connect the text.	Approaching Standards Responds to most parts of the prompts. Organizes information in an attempted paragraph structure. Grouping of information lacks cohesion. Attempts to use transitions to connect ideas.	Below Standards Responds to some or no parts of the prompts. Does not organize information due to lack of paragraph structure. Does not group related information together. Uses no transitions.
Content Essay: states a topic supports the topic with details *clearly informs about a topic	Above Standards Work is clearly written, in a concise manner, is easy to understand and is engaging for the reader. The topic is thoroughly covered and explained.	Meeting Standards Work is well written, is easy to understand, remains focused on the overall topic. The topic is given adequate coverage, with details to support ideas.	Approaching Standards Work is some-what well written, may contain facts that do not support the essay topic. Essay may be difficult to understand. The does not have enough information to support or prove ideas.	Below Standards Work is not clearly written, often disjointed and fails to hold the reader's attention.
Language Conventions/COPS Use of: capitalization paragraphs punctuation spelling *grammar	Above Standards Essay uses all conventions of language in the correct manner, consistently throughout the essay. There are no mistakes.	Meeting Standards Essay uses most conventions of language in the correct manner, throughout the essay. There may be a few mistakes that do not interfere with understanding the work.	Approaching Standards Essay uses some conventions of language in the correct manner, throughout the essay. There are some mistakes and they may interfere with understanding the essay.	Below Standards Essay does not use the conventions of language in the correct manner. The errors make the piece difficult to understand.