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Informative Essay Rubric

Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric

Students will read more than one text on a subject and write about the topic to persuade the reader.

Rubric Code: BXAX52B

By arogers26

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, Undergraduate

Criteria for Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Writer composed a creative lead that helps the reader engage with the subject. Subtopics are introduced.	Good The writer composed a lead that explains why the subject matters and informs the reader that they will learn more information about the subject.	Fair The beginning gets the reader ready for the subject that will be addressed.	Poor The writer wrote a lead that tries to get the reader interested in the subject.
Body Paragraphs Topic Sentences & Supporting Details	Excellent Each paragraph contains a clearly focused topic sentence that relates to the topic being discussed. Details in the essay are clear and specific, and there are enough details to help the reader see and understand all the steps of process. Concrete sense language is used effectively.	Good Each paragraph contains a topic sentence that relates to the process being described. Details are clear and specific, and the steps in the process can be followed well enough to understand the described process.	Fair Not all paragraphs contain topic sentences that relate to the process being described. There are details, but they are not very clear or specific, or there are not enough of them to allow the reader to follow the progression of the process.	Poor There are no apparent topic sentences.Details are either wrong or lacking. They do not seem to relate to the process.
Conclusion	Excellent The writer wrote a conclusion that supports the main idea and offered a final thought.	Good The writer wrote an ending that reminded the reader of the subject and suggested a final thought.	Fair The ending drew a conclusion.	Poor There is no apparent conclusion or point made about the process.
Elaboration	Excellent The writer used specific details and let readers know when they were discussing facts or offering elaborate thinking.	Good The writer included some details with some examples of elaborate thinking.	Fair The writer wrote facts from the article(s) but offered little observation of their own.	Poor No elaboration was apparent.
Style: sentence flow, tone, and word choice.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, and coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure. Consistent and appropriate tone and word choice is used throughout the essay. Vivid sense language is used to create clear images of the process.	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure. There is consistent tone and word choice is appropriate for the description of the process.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety. The tone is inconsistent and word choice, while adequate, does not clearly explain the process.	Poor Writing is confusing and hard to follow. Contains fragments and/or run-on sentences. The tone and purpose is inconsistent and difficult to determine. <BR> The word choice is inadequate and the process is not explained.
Spelling/Conventions	Excellent Spelling is generally correct with few errors in conventions.	Good Some spelling errors or writing conventions were found.	Fair Several spelling errors or writing errors are evident.	Poor Many spelling errors/writing convention miscues.
Directions	Excellent The studentfollowed all of the directions.The student used evidence stems and cited details from each source or article.	Good The student followed most of the directions.The student used details from each source.	Fair The students followed some of the directions.More effort was needed to have a better finish for this product.	Poor The students failed to follow directions. The students put minimal to no effort into their work.

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