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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising. Rubric Code: JX57894 By helenrodin Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Foreign Languages Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

5 Paragraph Essay
	Excellent 15 pts	Proficient 11 pts	Basic 8 pts	Insufficient 5 pts
Response to Prompt	Excellent Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Proficient Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Basic Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Insufficient Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in<BR> establishing a focus.
Organization	Excellent Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Proficient Uses an identifiable<BR> organizational plan.	Basic Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Insufficient Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details	Excellent Achieves coherent<BR> development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Proficient Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Basic Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions,<BR> or generalizations.	Insufficient Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.
Conventions of English	Excellent Consistently controls<BR> structure and mechandics in English	Proficient Generally controls sentence structure and mechanics.	Basic May demonstrate inconsistent control of sentence structure.	Insufficient May exhibit minimal control of sentence structure.
Spelling and Punctuation	Excellent No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Proficient One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Basic Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Insufficient Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Format	Excellent Paper follows all format quidelines: minimum of 5 complete sentences per paragraph, opening paraggraph, 3 body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.	Proficient Paper follows most format guidelines (one guideline may not be met)	Basic Paper follows most format guidelines (two guidelines may not be met)	Insufficient Paper follows some of the guidelines instructed by the teacher