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5-paragraph essay

Students learn to write a well-structured 5-paragraph essay on a topic related to early childhood education. Level: upper-intermediate

Rubric Code: M7AA57

By amazina

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)


	Emerging 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Mastering 3 pts
Structure	Emerging Essay has a number of paragraphs, fewer or greater than 5	Developing Essay has 5 paragraphs, but it is not clear which paragraph(s) is introduction, OR body OR conclusion	Mastering Essay has 5 paragraphs, introduction, body and conclusion
Introduction	Emerging Introduction does not have a thesis statement	Developing Introduction has a thesis statement but it is not clearly stated	Mastering Introduction has a clear thesis statement
Body	Emerging Body paragraphs do not have topic sentences. The body paragraphs do not support or develop the thesis	Developing Some body paragraphs have topic sentences. The body paragraphs sometimes support and develop the thesis	Mastering Each body paragraph has a topic sentence. The body paragraphs support and develop the thesis.
Conclusion	Emerging There is no conclusion or conclusion does not relate to the rest of teh essay	Developing Conclusion restates the main ideas but also adds new ideas	Mastering Conclusion restates the main ideas. No new ideas are added.
Grammar and mechanics	Emerging There are many grammar , spelling or punctuation errors , and they interfere with understanding of the writer's ideas	Developing There are some grammar , spelling or punctuation errors but they do not interfere with understanding of the writer's ideas	Mastering There are no or very few grammar , spelling or punctuation errors