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5th Grade Expository Essay on an Explorer 5th Grade Expository Essay Guidelines for scoring an expository essay on the explorer chosen in Social Studies Class. The essay should provide biographical information about the explorer and major events in his life. Rubric Code: K8CW3A By rasilvera1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Expository Essay Division/ Classification
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Thesis Statement Essential question is used or restated as a main idea for the essay.	Poor Thesis is not present or is not clear	Fair Thesis is present but does include reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Good Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Excellent Thesis is present and clear with three descriptive reasons that support the essential question or 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.
Logical order Does the order of the supporting details make sense?	Poor The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.	Fair The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Good Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Excellent The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
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.