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Exemplification (Examples) Paragraph DRAFT TWO

An exemplification paragraph must include examples from John Hersey's Hiroshima that supporting the topic. Examples should be arranged in logical order, therefore, logical order transitions must be used.

Rubric Code: GXWB4B2

By sarahsbruton

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Paragraph Writing - Exemplification
	Excellent 5 pts	Getting close to excellent! 4 pts	Focus on improving 3 pts	Needs attention NOW 1 pts	Your honest and helpful feedback (N/A)
Topic Sentence/Unity	Excellent The topic sentence is the first sentence in the paragraph. It is a clear statement of the paragraph content. A clear topic (character) and a comment/opinion (character trait) are present.	Getting close to excellent! The topic sentence gives some clarity of the overall connectivity of the sentences present. Topic is present, but the comment/opinion needs attention.	Focus on improving The topic sentence gives little evidence of a relevant topic connecting to the other sentences. Topic is totally unrelated to the assignment, and the comment/opinion is very shaky.	Needs attention NOW There is no topic sentence presented in the paragraph. What day is it, and what planet are we on? NEED TO REREAD THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET AND TALK TO MRS. BRUTON TODAY!	Your honest and helpful feedback
Support -- Examples and Analysis	Excellent At least three solid examples from Hiroshima are evident. The analysis and discussion of each example is present and is well-developed.	Getting close to excellent! Two examples from Hiroshima are evident. The analysis and discussion needs more development.	Focus on improving One example from Hiroshima are evident. The analysis and discussion need a significant amount of attention.	Needs attention NOW The one to two examples from Hiroshima are included, but there is no analysis and discussion of them. The examples and analysis do not support the main idea sentence at all.	Your honest and helpful feedback
Coherence/Clarity	Excellent Paragraph has excellent and understandable organization; examples from Hiroshima are logically ordered, sharp sense of beginning and end. Correct transition words or phrases are used. Reader's confusion level is zero!	Getting close to excellent! Paragraph is organized, but the examples somewhat jump around. Some logical transition words/phrases are used. The beginning is there but the ending needs attention. Reader's confusion level is a 2 on a scale of 1-10.	Focus on improving Paragraph has some organization, examples are in need of stronger organization.Start and end are unclear. (Reads like disconnected sentences thrown together Transition words/phrases do not always match logical order type. Reader's confusion level is moving up the scale to 5. The discussion is very muddy.	Needs attention NOW Paragraph is not organized, examples make no sense. No use of transition words/phrases, and there is no identifiable beginning and ending. Reader's confusion level is off the chart! The discussion is not in the form of examples and it is clear the assignment is not being followed.	Your honest and helpful feedback
Concluding Statement	Excellent The concluding statement is the last sentence of the paragraph. It is a clear statement that MIRRORS key words from the topic sentence. Reader gets a sense that this paragraph is finished and complete.	Getting close to excellent! The concluding statement is the last sentence of the paragraph. It is a somewhat clear statement that repeats some key words from the topic sentence. It may not be the strongest sentence to end this paragraph.	Focus on improving The concluding statement is the last sentence of the paragraph. It is not a clear statement and does not repeat key words from the topic sentence. It feels like the paragraph just ends without any sense of completeness.	Needs attention NOW There is no concluding statement at the end of the paragraph. This paragraph suffers from ADD as the writer apparently became distracted, checked his/her Facebook status and forgot what he/she was doing. Squirrel!	Your honest and helpful feedback
Sentence Skills (GMS)	Excellent Writing evidences understanding of proper grammar and use of punctuation throughout. Minimal spelling errors. Verbs agree with nouns in number. The writing picks a tense -- past or present -- and sticks to it. All the sentences express complete thoughts. No contractions or 1st and 2nd person pronouns are nowhere to be found in this paragraph.	Getting close to excellent! Writing contains one or two consistent grammatical errors or incorrect uses of punctuation. Most words are spelled correctly. Writer may be jumping from past to present tense in his/her verb usage, but only once or twice. Those 1st and 2nd person pronouns may still be hanging around. Kill them now! Complete thoughts are found in sentences, for the majority.	Focus on improving Many sentences are characterized by grammatical errors or incorrect uses of punctuation. Numerous simple spelling errors. Spellchecker feature WAS NOT used in this draft. The complete thought concept got thrown out the window, and it is clear that there is WORK to be DONE.	Needs attention NOW Writing does not use proper grammar or punctuation. The number of spelling errors significantly detracts from the readability of the paragraph. Reader is left scratching his or her head and questioning what happened when it came to grammar, mechanics, and spelling. RED INK ALERT!	Your honest and helpful feedback
MLA Format	Excellent The document is complete correct in its format --> header, heading, font, spacing, etc.	Getting close to excellent! MLA format has one minor error that will be corrected immediately	Focus on improving MLA format has two to three errors and will be corrected immediately	Needs attention NOW MLA format was not followed in this draft.	Your honest and helpful feedback

Keywords:

paragraph, general, first writing

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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