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Process Essay Rubric

Students will write a formal process essay, using an introductory paragraph, a variety of sequencing words, and 80% correct capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and subject verb agreement. Students will conference about their writing and self-assess.

Rubric Code: K6C878

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Process Essay REA CCS #7 REA CCS #5
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Content of the Process The telling of the process	Poor My essay fails to describe the entire process from beginning to end, and excludes many needed steps of the process or details.	Fair My essay describes the process from beginning to end, but leaves out some important steps or details.	Good My essay describes the process well from beginning to end, including all the most important steps or details.	Excellent My essay explicitly describes the entire process from beginning to end, with many interesting details and all the important steps.
Mechanics Capitalization, punctuation and spelling	Poor The essay has almost no correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	Fair The essay has some correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	Good The essay has mostly correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.	Excellent The essay has all correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
Paragraph Usage	Poor The writer fails to indent or create paragraphs. It's all one, big, long paragraph!	Fair The writer indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps them to 3-5 sentences only SOME of the time.	Good The writer successfully indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps paragraphs to 3-5 sentences MOST of the time.	Excellent The writer successfully indents, creates new paragraphs, and keeps paragraphs to 3-5 sentences ALL of the time.
Title / Author	Poor There is no title OR author. AND The title is not a good choice for the essay.	Fair There is a title and no author, or an author with no title. OR The title is a poor choice for the topic.	Good There is a title and author given. AND The title is an appropriate choice for the topic.	Excellent There is a creative title, and the author given. AND The title is an appropriate choice for the topic.
Neatness / Creativity	Poor The paper is messy and hard to read. No creativity/color was employed.	Fair The paper is sometimes hard to read. No creativity/color was employed.	Good The paper was neat, easy to read, colorful and creative.	Excellent The paper was exceptionally neat, easy to read, colorful and creative.
Sequencing Words	Poor The writer did not use sequencing words for transitions.	Fair The writer infrequently used sequencing words, or used the same ones repeatedly.	Good The writer used a variety of sequencing words for most transitions.	Excellent The writer used a a large variety of sequencing words for all transitions.
Introductory and Concluding Paragra	Poor The writer failed to create an introductory and/or concluding paragraph.	Fair The writer used an introductory and/or concluding paragraph, but they were not interesting or relevant to the reader.	Good The writer used both an introductory and concluding paragraph that were interesting and relevant to the reader.	Excellent The writer used both an introductory and concluding paragraph that were exceptionally creative, interesting and relevant to the reader.

Keywords:

essay, process essay

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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