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Paragraph Rubric

Rubric grading topic sentence, assertion, evidence, and clincher statement.

Rubric Code: LX76B87

By scash465

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Public Rubric

Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Paragraph Rubric
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Thesis Statement	Poor Thesis statement is general and does not include the three main points that the paper will be address. Major sentence errors in the thesis statement.	Fair Thesis statement includes the topic that the paper will discuss as well as the three main points that the paper will address. The three main points are not parallel, or the thesis statement is a simple sentence lacking detail.	Good Thesis statement includes the topic that the paper will discuss as well as the three main points that the paper will address. The three main points are parallel, and the thesis statement is a complex sentence.
Topic Sentence	Poor The topic sentence is not one of the three main points displayed in the thesis statement. The topic sentence does not introduce the topic of the paragraph.	Fair The topic sentence introduces one of the topics from the thesis statement but includes first person or sentence errors.	Good The topic sentence address one of the three main points displayed in the thesis statement. No first person in the topic sentence. The topic sentence introduces all of topics discussed in the paragraph.
Assertion	Poor The assertion is either unstated or forgotten.	Fair The assertion is stated, but it is not clear the stance that the paragraph will argue. The assertion has sentence errors.	Good The assertion is stated right after the topic sentence and shows the slant that the paragraph will discuss about the topic.
Evidence 1	Poor The evidence is located in the paper, but it does not seem to prove the point of the paper.	Fair The evidence is located after the assertion and proves the point that the paper is arguing. The purpose of the evidence is not explained by the author, and it is left to the reader to construe the meaning of it.	Good The evidence is located after the assertion and proves the point that the paper is arguing. The purpose of the evidence is explained by the author, and it is not simply "dropped" into the paper.
Evidence 2	Poor The evidence is located in the paper, but it does not seem to prove the point of the paper. The evidence is the same type as evidence 1.	Fair The evidence is located after the assertion and proves the point that the paper is arguing. The purpose of the evidence is not explained by the author, and it is left to the reader to construe the meaning of it.	Good The evidence is located after the assertion and proves the point that the paper is arguing. The purpose of the evidence is explained by the author, and it is not simply "dropped" into the paper. The second evidence is a different type than evidence 1.
Clincher Statement	Poor The clincher statement is not located in the paper.	Fair The clincher statement is located at the end of the paragraph, but it does not tie up the paragraph by restating the topic sentence.	Good The clincher statement is located at the end of the paragraph. The clincher statement ties up the paragraph by restating the topic sentence with the evidence provided.
Transitions	Poor Transitions are not used in the paragraph between any of the sentences.	Fair Transitions are rarely used throughout the paragraph.	Good Transitions are used in the paragraph to move the reader from sentence to sentence.

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