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Native American Essay

Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric

Native American Essay

Rubric Code: NX57WCX

By esoeder

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, Undergraduate

Criteria for Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Very well developed introduction statement. It engages the reader and create interest.	Good The introduction statement create interest and is fairly well developed.	Fair The introduction statement introduces the topic, but it either does not give accurate and complete information, or it lacks detail and creativity.	Poor The introduction statement does not introduce the topic.
Body Paragraphs Topic Sentences & Supporting Details	Excellent Each paragraph contains a clearly focused topic sentence that relates to the process being described.<BR> Details in the essay are clear and specific, and there are enough details to help the reader see and understand all aspects of the tribe. Concrete sense language is used effectively.	Good Each paragraph contains a topic sentence that relates to the topic being presented..<BR> Details are clear and specific..	Fair Not all paragraphs contain topic sentences that relate to the topics being described.<BR> There are details, but they are not very clear or specific, or there are not enough of them to allow the reader to develop an understanding of the topic.	Poor There are no apparent topic sentences.Details are either wrong or lacking.
Conclusion	Excellent The concluding sentence effectively ends the essay in a unified way.	Good The concluding sentence sufficiently ends the essay.	Fair The concluding sentence needs more work.	Poor There is no conclusion sentence.
Organization/Structure	Excellent Paragraphs are organized well and flow nicely. Structure of essay makes sense.	Good Paragraphs flow nicely and are mostly well organized.	Fair Organization makes the essay hard to follow.	Poor Organization makes it very difficult to follow essay and thought into structure is not evident. .
Style: sentence flow, tone, and word choice.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, and coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure. Consistent and appropriate tone and word choice is used throughout the essay. Vivid sense language is used to create clear images of the topic.	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure. There is consistent tone and word choice is appropriate for the description of the topic.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety. The tone is inconsistent and word choice, while adequate, does not clearly explain the topic.	Poor Writing is confusing and hard to follow. Contains fragments and/or run-on sentences. The tone and purpose is inconsistent and difficult to determine. <BR> The word choice is inadequate and the topic is not explained.
Spelling/grammar	Excellent Spelling and grammar are generally correct.	Good Some spelling or grammatical errors.	Fair Several spelling and/org grammatical errors.	Poor Many spelling and/or grammatical errors.
Effort	Excellent The students followed all of the directions. The students put more effort into the project than what was required.	Good The students followed most of the directions.The students put good effort to this project .	Fair The students followed some of the directions.More effort was needed to have a better finish for this product.	Poor The students failed to follow directions. The students put minimal to no effort into their work.
Graphic Organizer	Excellent Graphic organizer is turned in with more than enough notes.	Good Graphic organizer is turned in with adequate notes.	Fair Graphic organizer turned in with less than adequate notes.	Poor No graphic organizer turned in.

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