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Informational Essay

A five paragraph essay about a topic of your choice.

Rubric Code: HX928CC

By saneuen

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Informational Essay
	Needs Work 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Research	Needs Work Is unable to gather relevant information from credible sources, does not paraphrase or quote the text, or give credit to the source.	Fair Uses a given formulated open ended question to guide research, gathers non relevant information from credible sources, does not cite all of their sources.	Good Uses a formulated open ended question to guide research, gathers mostly relevant information from credible sources, takes notes, and cites their sources.	Excellent Uses a formulated open ended question to guide research, gathers relevant information from credible sources, takes efficient notes, paraphrases a source without plagiarizing, and cites their source.
Writing Process	Needs Work Does follow the proper writing process steps.	Fair Uses a pre-write to guide their writing, writes a rough draft, and publishes their work.	Good Uses a pre-write to guide their writing, writes a rough draft, and somewhat edits and revises their work before publishing.	Excellent Uses a pre-write to guide their writing, organizes their ideas into a rough draft, uses correct editing marks to edit and revise their work, then publishes their writing.
Organization	Needs Work Topic is not established or developed into supporting paragraphs. At least one or less paragraph contains facts, details, examples, or quotations.	Fair Topic is inconsistent and is not derived from the topic sentence. Each paragraph contains one or less facts, details, examples, or quotations.	Good Topic is mostly consistent across all paragraphs. Each paragraph contains facts, details, examples or quotations.	Excellent Topic is consistent and developed into supporting paragraphs. Each paragraph contains a topic sentence with facts, details, examples, and quotations.
Topic Sentence and Transitions	Needs Work The topic sentence and transitions are not present.	Fair The topic sentence is present but does not lay out the topic and main ideas of the essay. Transitions are present but not appropriate.	Good The topic sentence lays out the topic and some of the main ideas of the essay. Uses mostly appropriate transitions.	Excellent The topic sentence lays out the topic and main ideas of the essay. Uses appropriate transitions to clarify relationships or connect ideas and claims.
Conventions	Needs Work The grammar, including spelling and punctuation, has frequent errors and the meaning of the text is unclear.	Fair The grammar is inconsistent, including spelling and punctuation. The meaning of the text is somewhat unclear.	Good The grammar is mostly correct, including spelling and punctuation.	Excellent Demonstrates a command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including spelling and punctuation.

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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