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#CSW Paragraph Writing

The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, a body and a concluding sentence. Proper punctuation and capitalization is required. Content must coordinate with the assigned theme.

Rubric Code: K2W999W

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

#CSW Paragraph Writing The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, a body and a concluding sentence. Proper punctuation and capitalization is required. Content must coordinate with the assigned theme.
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that presents a single idea in a concise and clear way.	Excellent Topic sentence has one idea and the main idea is easy to understand.	Good Topic sentence contains only one idea but the main idea is not easy to understand.	Fair Topic sentence contains more than one idea and/or the main idea is not easy to understand. Or the topic sentence is some place other than the beginning of the paragraph.	Poor The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.
Paragraph Body The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.	Excellent The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details. The use of 2nd person, You, is not present at all.	Good The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence but also introduces a new idea that is unrelated. The use of 2nd person, You, is hardly present.	Fair The body of the paragraph does not support the topic. The use of 2nd person, You, is present.	Poor The paragraph does not contain a body of at least three detail sentences.The use of 2nd person, You, is very present.
Concluding Sentence The paragraph ends with a concluding sentence that summarizes the topic sentence and the body.	Excellent The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence and the details in the paragraph body.	Good The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence, but not the body of the paragraph.	Fair The concluding sentence does not recap the topic sentence.	Poor The paragraph does not contain a concluding sentence.
Punctuation and capitalization Capital letters, commas and periods are used according to grammar rules.	Excellent Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly 100% of the time.	Good Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than two errors.	Fair Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than five errors.	Poor Capital letters, commas and periods are used with five or more errors.
Spelling and Grammar Spelling and Grammar have been checked and corrected.	Excellent There are no mistakes in spelling and/or grammar.	Good There are 1 or 2 errors in spelling and/or grammar	Fair There are 3-5 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.	Poor There are more than 6 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.

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English

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Writing

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