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iRubric: Of Mice and Men Reading Skills Essay Rubric

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Of Mice and Men Reading Skills Essay Rubric Anthem Expository Essay Rubric Students have chosen to write on one of the three Of Mice and Men essay prompts dealing with characteristics from the book, and application to daily lives. Rubric Code: M5W248 By bfgboy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

OMAM Essay Rubric
	Poor 3 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 9 pts	Great 12 pts
Intro and Conclusion	Poor Does Not contain an intro or conclusion.	Fair Contains either an intro or a conclusion that introduces or extends the main idea, or contains both and neither relate to the main idea.	Good Contains both an intro and a conclusion and they do relate to the main idea, but are not fully developed.	Great Contains both an intro and a conclusion and they both relate to the main idea, and are both fully developed.
Topic Sentences	Poor Does not contain topic sentences.	Fair Contains detailed topic sentences for each some paragraphs that indicate precisely what the content of the paragraphs are.	Good Contains detailed topic sentences for each body paragraph that indicate with some degree of certainty what the content of the paragraph is.	Great Contains detailed topic sentences for each body paragraph that indicate precisely what the content of the paragraph is.
Concrete Details	Poor Vague concrete details.	Fair There are solid concrete details within almost every chunk of every paragraph.	Good There are solid concrete details within every chunk of every paragraph.	Great There are solid concrete details within every chunk of every paragraph. The concrete details are specific quotes, with specific page numbers.
Commentary	Poor Vague commentary sentences that explain why most concrete details are necessary.	Fair Specific commentary sentences that explain why most concrete details are necessary.	Good Specific commentary sentences that explain why each concrete detail is necessary.	Great Specific commentary sentences that explain why each concrete detail is necessary. Also contains sentences that elaborate on the importance of the concrete details.
Writing guidelines	Poor Writing guidelines not followed. (skip lines, front only, ink, etc)	Fair Several guidelines not followed.	Good Almost all guidelines followed.	Great Guidelines followed.