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5-Paragraph Essay Organization Rubric

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising.

Rubric Code: LC9C7C

By EJYang

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

5 Paragraph Essay
	Excellent Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Good Reader understands<BR> writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Fair Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Needs Attention 1 pts
1. Introduction	Excellent Successfully includes lead, transition to thesis, complete thesis statement.	Good Attempts to successfully include lead, transition to thesis, complete thesis statement.	Fair Attempts to includes complete thesis statement.	Needs Attention Missing lead or transition to thesis OR thesis statement is incomplete.
2. Body Paragraph #1	Excellent Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #1.	Good Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #1.	Fair Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #1.	Needs Attention Contains no organization or evidence.
3. Body Paragraph #2	Excellent Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #2, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #2.	Good Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #2, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #2.	Fair Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #2.	Needs Attention Contains no organization or evidence.
4. Body Paragraph #3	Excellent Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #3, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #3.	Good Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #3, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #3.	Fair Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #3.	Needs Attention Contains no organization or evidence.
5. Conclusion	Excellent Successfully includes re-statement of thesis (in different words), transitions to clincher, and a clincher (strong idea to end on).	Good Attempts to successfully include re-statement of thesis (in different words), transitions to clincher, and a clincher (strong idea to end on).	Fair Fails to re-state thesis or clincher.	Needs Attention No attempt at an organized conclusion.
Spelling and Punctuation	Excellent Minimal grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Good Few grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Fair Several grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, but is not overly distracting to the text.	Needs Attention Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuational errors that are distracting for the reader.
Length	Excellent Paper is effectively divided into 5 paragraphs	Good Paper is divided into 4 paragraphs	Fair Paper is two paragraphs	Needs Attention Paper is one or less paragraph.

Keywords:

writing, 5-paragraph, essay, organization

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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