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Australian Essay Expository Essay Expository Essay Rubric Code: F23252C By davlin03 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Expository Essay Guidelines for scoring an expository essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction Does the introduction effectively begin essay, including thesis and preview of main points?	Excellent The introduction does an excellent job of hooking the reader into the essay. It includes the thesis and previews main points.	Good The introduction simply states topic, has thesis and previews main points, but does not hook reader well.	Fair Introduction is functional but not exceptional. May have thesis, but does not preview main points	Poor Introduction very weak, does not have thesis or preview of main points. Only previews topic.
Supporting details Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. follow up sentences provide additional support.	Good Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.	Fair Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.	Poor The details do not support the main idea.
Logical order Does the order of the supporting details make sense?	Excellent The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.	Good Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Fair The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Poor The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.
Conclusion Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?	Excellent The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tieing the details together.	Good The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but 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 and Mechanics Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics.	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.