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Informative Essay - "Food, Inc."

The purpose of this essay is to summarize your understanding of the impact multinational food corporations have had on Americans and their environment, based on knowledge acquired from viewing the documentary "Food, Inc.".

Rubric Code: K6868X

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Subject: Geography

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Writing an Informative Essay Enter rubric description
	Needs some tweaking... 16 pts	Looking good... 18 pts	WOW! You got it! 20 pts
Clear thesis statement 20 pts This statement should inform the readers of the subject matter that will be covered in the body paragraphs of the essay.	Needs some tweaking... A vague statement of what order you will discuss the topics your paper will cover. Fewer than three discrete topics are described.	Looking good... A clear statement of what order you will discuss the topics your paper will cover. Three discrete topics are described.	WOW! You got it! A clear, precise, non-wordy statement of what order you will discuss the topics your paper will cover. More than three discrete topics are described.
Transitions 20 pts The topics in the paper are covered in a manner that is easily understood by the reader. The reader should not have difficulty determining how the body paragraphs supports the thesis.	Needs some tweaking... The flow of the paper is such that the reader may have difficulty understanding where one topic ends and another begins within the essay, or how the topics relate to the thesis.	Looking good... The essay flows logically from the thesis statement and has clear transitions from one topic to another but may be fuzzy when changing from one paragraph to the next. The reader has a little difficulty understanding when the author is changing from topic to topic within the essay.	WOW! You got it! This essay flows eloquently from the introductory paragraph and thesis statement and has clear transitions from one topic to another and between paragraphs. The reader has no difficulty understanding when the author is changing from one topic to topic within the essay.
Content 30 pts The body paragraphs contain strong supporting evidence for each topics.	Needs some tweaking... The body paragraphs contain few facts, details or examples. Less than 4 sentences per paragraph.	Looking good... The body paragraphs contain several good facts, details examples or quotes. 4 or fewer sentences per paragraph.	WOW! You got it! The body paragraphs contain and exemplary array of well-chosen facts, details, examples, data, quotes, anecdotes, scenarios and descriptions that support the thesis. Each paragraph is focused on one topic and contains at least 4 complete sentences.
Closing paragraph 20 pts The final paragraph pulls the information together into a clear conclusion.	Needs some tweaking... Final paragraph is missing or does not relate back to the thesis or attempt to summarize the supporting ideas.	Looking good... Final paragraph pulls the information from the body paragraphs and ties them back to the thesis statement.	WOW! You got it! Final paragraph synthesizes the understanding gleaned from the individual topics/body paragraphs and challenges the reader to consider the thesis in a new light.
Mechanics/Conventions 10 pts The author should use correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and formating to make the essay more readable.	Needs some tweaking... The author uses incomplete sentences, misspells common words and content-specific words, and misuses punctuation. The author neglects to type name and title, or double-space writing.	Looking good... The author uses mostly complete sentences, misspells no content-specific words and few common words, and very errors in punctuation. The author provides name and title, and uses double-spacing.	WOW! You got it! The author uses complete sentences, misspells no content-specific words or common words, with no errors in punctuation. The author uses double spacing, includes name and title.

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