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Expository Essay Rubric

Guidelines for scoring an expository essay.

Rubric Code: EX7X98X

By maryramhoff

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Basic Essay Rubric
	Excellent 6 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 0 pts
Hook Does is start with a a "hook" that captures the reader's attention and leads into the topic?	Excellent uses a clever hook that instantly grabs the reader's attention and invites him to read more by hinting at the topic	Good uses a hook that grabs the reader's attention and invites him to read more by hinting at the topic	Fair uses a hook that somewhat grabs the reader's attention and hints at the topic	Poor does not use a hook/ goes straight to the thesis
Introduction Induction has 3 required elements	Excellent introduction includes a hook, the context and a thesis statement	Good One of the 3 elements is missing or cannot be understood.	Fair 2 of the 3 elements are missing or cannot be understood.	Poor There is no introduction paragraph
Main Idea of each paragraph Each paragraph has a main idea or topic sentence	Excellent The Main Idea or topic sentence is clearly written and makes sense in the essay.	Good The Main Idea or topic sentence is clearly written.	Fair there is a topic sentence or main idea but it does not go with the thesis statement	Poor Main idea or topic sentence is not present or is unclear.
Supporting details Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about the main idea of the paragraph. Follow up sentences provide additional support.	Good Each detail supports the main idea of the paragraph, but there are no follow up sentences.	Fair Some of the details support the main idea of the paragraph, but there are some that do not.	Poor The details do not support the main idea of the paragraph.
Conclusion Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way that ties the details together?	Excellent The conclusion does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tying the details together.	Good The conclusion adequately sums up the topic by restating it, and it does tie the details together.	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.	Poor There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the details together.
Grammar/Mechanics/Presentation Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics? Is it neat and easy to follow.	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics and is neatly typed or written	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics and/or is written neatly but hard to follow	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics and or is hard to read or follow	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics and or cannot be read or cannot follow the thoughts.

Keywords:

Expository

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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