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5th Grade Expository Essay 
5th Grade Expository Essay
Social Studies expository essay.
Rubric Code: RXW74C6
By cathycoleman
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Subject: History  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Expository Essay
  N

1 pts

NP

2 pts

P

3 pts

AP

4 pts

Essential Question
20 %

Essential question is used or restated as a main idea for the essay.
N

Essential question is not present or is not clear
NP

Essential question is present but does include reasons that support the essential question or prompt.
P

Essential question is present and clearly written with some evidence that support the essential question or prompt.
AP

Essential question is present and clear with at least three descriptive reasons that support the essential question or prompt.
Main Idea of each paragraph
20 %

Is prompt restated into a topic sentence?
N

Main idea is not present or is unclear.
NP

Main Idea is present but does not restate the prompt.
P

Main Idea is present and clearly written.
AP

The Main Idea is a clear restating of the prompt.
Supporting details
20 %

Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?
N

The details do not support the main idea.
NP

Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.
P

Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.
AP

Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. Follow up sentences provide additional support.
Logical order
10 %

Does the order of the supporting details make sense?
N

The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.
NP

The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.
P

Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.
AP

The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
Conclusion
20 %

Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?
N

There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the details together.
NP

There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.
P

The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does not tie the details together.
AP

The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tying the details together.
Grammar and Mechanics
10 %

Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics?
N

Contains several errors in usage, spelling and mechanics. It is difficult to discern what the writer is communicating.
NP

Contains many errors in usage, spelling and mechanics. The reader can piece together what the writer is trying to communicate.
P

Contains a few errors in usage, spelling and mechanics. It is easy to discern what the writer is communicating.
AP

The writer clearly communicates ideas with little or no errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.



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