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3-Paragraph Proverb Essay Rubric

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 3-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and presenting the essay in relation to their reaction on the piece.

Rubric Code: D8AAA6

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

3-Paragraph Essay
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 10 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 8 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 6 pts	Below Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Inadequate 2 pts
Response to Prompt	Effective Presents a clearly focused main idea. Proverb as well as meaning is stated.	Adequate Uses the assigned topic to establish a main idea. Proverb is stated, but meaning is not clearly identified.	Marginal Addresses the assigned topic, though the focus may shift. Proverb and meaning is somewhat identified but not clear.	Below Marginal Attempts to address assigned topic but with little or no focus. Proverb and meanig is somewhat identified but not clear.	Inadequate Does not attempt to address assigned topic. No proverb or meaning stated.
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization. Paragraphs have a topic sentence with at least 3 supporting details. Examples are given.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan. Writing has opening, body, and concluding paragraph. Paragraphs have a topic sentence with 2 supporting details. Examples are given.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan. Paragraphs have a topic sentence but only 1 supporting detail. No examples are given.	Below Marginal Fails to organize ideas. Some paragraphs have a topic sentence with limited supporting details. No examples are given.	Inadequate Contains no organization or ideas. Paragraphs have no topic sentence and/or supporting details. No examples are given.
Sentence/Word Choice	Effective Exhibits varied and precise sentence/word choice. Uses varied sentence structure (simple, compound, complex) with 4th grade descriptive words.	Adequate Exhibits appropriate sentence/word choice. Uses varied sentence structure with adequate descriptive words.	Marginal Exhibits a narrow range of sentence/word choice. Some varied sentence structure and descriptive words.	Below Marginal Exhibits little variety of sentence/word usage. Words are redundant (same words used over and over again).	Inadequate Exhibits weak and/or inappropriate sentence/word structure.
Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Below Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros
Style	Effective Essay has an interesting introductory statement that clearly states the focus, and an interesting conclusion that restates the main ideas.	Adequate Essay has an introductory statement that states the focus, and a conclusion that restates the main ideas.	Marginal Introductory statement is unclear or does not state the main ideas. Conclusion does not restate the main ideas.	Below Marginal Essay lacks either an introductory statement OR a conclusion.	Inadequate Essay lacks both an introductory statement and a conclusion.

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