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Example Essay Paper Rubric

5 Paragraph Essay

Guidelines for scoring a grade 12 essay.

Rubric Code: K3B33X

By ebright

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Example Essay 100 % Guidelines for scoring an expository paragraph
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Introduction Prompt is stated into a main idea for the essay.	Poor Thesis is not present or is not clear	Fair Thesis is present but doesn't include reasons that support the prompt.	Good Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the prompt.	Excellent Thesis is present and clear with three reasons that support the prompt.
Main Idea of each paragraph Is prompt restated into a topic sentence?	Poor Main idea is not present or is unclear.	Fair Main Idea is present but does not restate the prompt.	Good Main Idea is present and clearly written.	Excellent The Main Idea is a clear restating of the prompt.
Supporting details Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?	Poor The details do not support the main idea.	Fair Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.	Good Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. follow up sentences provide additional support.
Conclusion Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to 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.	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.	Good The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does tie the details together.	Excellent The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tieing the details together.
Grammar and Mechanics Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics.
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