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iRubric: Power Paragraph rubric

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Power Paragraph Power Paragraph A rubric designed to apply generally to any Power Paragraph writing assignment in the Intermediate Grades. Rubric Code: WXW9A49 By CFMatthews Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Power Paragraphs Enter rubric description
	Poor 1 pts	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Exceeds Expectations (N/A)
Power Ones The introduction of the topic and the concluding sentence.	Poor Does not include Power One at the beginning and ending of the paragraph.	Fair Includes either one of the two Power Ones, or they are weak.	Good Includes both Power Ones. Starts and ends the paragraph strongly.	Exceeds Expectations Power Ones are strong and interesting. Opening sentence grabs the reader's attention.
Power Twos The subtopics	Poor Contains only one subtopic which is not well explained.	Fair Contains two subtopics which are explained briefly.	Good Contains three subtopics relevant to the subject.	Exceeds Expectations Contains three subtopics which are relevant to the topic and are interesting.
Power Threes The supporting details	Poor No supporting details are included.	Fair Few supporting details are included.	Good Supporting details are included for each subtopic.	Exceeds Expectations The supporting details for each subtopic are compelling and interesting. They clearly relate to the subtopic.
Transitions and Organization	Poor Paragraph seems disorganized with few transitions.	Fair Paragraph is somewhat organized and some transitions are included.	Good Organization is solid and transitions are included.	Exceeds Expectations Organization and transitions are natural and fluent. Paragraph flows well.
Mechanics	Poor There are three or more capitalization, spelling or punctuation errors.	Fair There are two capitalization, spelling or punctuation errors.	Good There is one capitalization, spelling or punctuation errors.	Exceeds Expectations There are no capitalization, spelling or punctuation errors.