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Symbolism Paragraph

Thesis statement Unit

Lord of the Flies: Write a paragraph about one of the symbols used in the novel.

Rubric Code: BX24C7C

By chernand

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Introductory paragraph rubric
	Great 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Weak 1 pts	Poor 0 pts
Thesis Statement	Great Thesis statement has a clear topic and controlling idea.	Fair Thesis statement has a somewhat clear topic and controlling idea.	Weak Thesis statement has an unclear topic and controlling idea.	Poor Thesis statement does not have a clear topic and controlling idea.
2 Supporting topics	Great Thesis statement has 3 clear supporting topics that can be expanded into a complete body paragraph.	Fair Thesis statement has 2 supporting topics that can be expanded into a complete body paragraph, or at least one that is not clear.	Weak Thesis statement has 1 supporting topic that can be expanded into a complete body paragraph, or one or more are not clear.	Poor Thesis statement has 0 supporting topics that can be expanded into a complete body paragraph.
Text Support	Great Text support is provided for their 2 supporting arguements for their thesis and they are cited correctly.	Fair Text support is provided for their 2 supporting arguements for their thesis. However, they are not cited correctly.	Weak Text support is partly missing and not cited correctly.	Poor There is no text support.
Explanation	Great Each arguement proving their thesis is followed with an explanation.	Fair One of their arguements is missing an explanation.	Weak The explanation for their arguments are not effective.	Poor There are no explanations.
Spelling/Conventions	Great There are 0-1 mistakes in spelling and/or conventions.	Fair There are 2-3 mistakes in spelling and/or conventions.	Weak There are 4-5 mistakes in spelling and/or conventions.	Poor There are more than 5 mistakes in spelling and/or conventions.