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5th Grade Non-Narrarive Essay

Guidelines for scoring an expository essay.

Rubric Code: R9XA42

By lauratheteacher

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Expository/Non-Narrative Essay
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Introduction Paragraph	Poor No lead is present Thesis is not present or is not clear No supporting details are present No explaination of thesis statement:Now I realize..., This makes me understand...	Fair Weak uninteresting lead is attempted Thesis is present but does include reasons that support the topic. 1 related supporting detail is present Attempts an explaination of thesis statement: Now I realize..., This makes me understand...	Good Lead is present that clearly is related to the topic Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the topic. 1-2 related supporting details are present Explaination of thesis statement: Now I realize..., This makes me understand...	Excellent Interesting strong lead is present that is clearly related to the topic Thesis is present and clear with three descriptive reasons that support the topic. 3 clear related supporting details are present Insightful and reflective explaination of thesis statement: Now I realize..., This makes me understand...
3 Body Paragraphs	Poor Lead/Main Idea is not present or is unclear. Does not include a short story that proves that the supporting detail is true. *No explaination of supporting detail: I use to think...A reason for this... What this says about me...	Fair Attempts a limited Lead/Main Idea but does not restate the supporting detail. Attempts to include a short story that proves that the supporting detail is true. *Attempts an explaination of supporting detail: I use to think...A reason for this... What this says about me...	Good Lead/Main Idea does restate each supporting detail. A short story is included that proves that the supporting detail is true. *Explaination of supporting detail is evident: I use to think...A reason for this... What this says about me...	Excellent Interesting strong Lead/Main Idea does restate each supporting detail. Interesting and creative short story is include that proves that the supporting detail is true. *Insight and reflective explaination of supporting detail is evident: I use to think...A reason for this... What this says about me...
Supporting details	Poor *The details do not support the main idea.	Fair *Some of the details support the main idea but there are some that do not.	Good *Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. Follow up sentences provide additional support.
Conclusion	Poor There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the supporting details together.	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion It doesn't restate the thesis statement or tie the supporting details together *It doesn't provide lesson, insight, or advice to the reader	Good The conclusion sums up the topic Restates thesis statement or ties the supporting details together. *It doesn't provide lesson, insight, or advice to the reader	Excellent The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up the topic Restates thesis statement in a creative way Ties the supporting details together and expains the readers thinking out the topic. It provides a lesson, insight, or advice to the reader
Grammar and Mechanics	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics. Ex. subject verb agreement, capitalization, homophones	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics Ex. subject verb agreement, capitalization, homophones	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics Ex. subject verb agreement, capitalization, homophones	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics, Ex. subject verb agreement, capitalization, homophones

Keywords:

Expository

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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