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Positive Negative Traits Essay Rubric Code: WXB954B By rbumgarner2014 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Positive Negative Trait Essay
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Organization	Poor Lacks organization in many areas.	Fair Some points remain misplaced and stray from the topic. Transitions evident but not used throughout essay.	Good Writing is coherent and logically organized with transitions used between ideas and paragraphs to create coherence. Some ideas are unclear.	Excellent Writing shows good organization, and structure between paragraph topics. Logical transitions are present.
Content/ Reasoning	Poor Most ideas have no reasoning or support and are unoriginal.	Fair Original though and reasoning is only prevalent in a few of the students ideas.	Good Shows original development of ideas, may not be as in depth.	Excellent Content indicates synthesis of ideas, in depth analysis and evidences original thought and support for the topic.
GRammar/ Mechanics	Poor Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors create distraction, making reading difficult; fragments, comma splices, run-ons evident. Errors are frequent.	Fair Most spelling, punctuation, and grammar correct allowing reader to progress though essay. Some errors remain.	Good Essay has few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing reader to follow ideas clearly. Very few fragments or run-ons.	Excellent Essay is free of distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors; absent of fragments, comma splices, and run-ons.
Organization	Poor Not much of an outline is present.	Fair Outline is present but with claims that have little to no support.	Good Outline is present but with less detail than desired. Has claims with support.	Excellent Outline is present with evidence of strong planning and brainstorming.