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COVID-19 Personal Essay COVID-19 Personal Essay Students will write a brief essay in which they discuss COVID-19 during their 2020 grade 8 year. Rubric Code: S2X26B3 By goodrir Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Personal Essay
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Main Idea	Poor The main idea is not present or is unclear.	Fair The main idea is present but does not clearly respond to the prompt.	Good The main idea is present and clearly responds to the prompt.	Excellent The main idea not only responds to the prompt, but further enlightens the reader with an obvious and meaningful exploration of your feelings, thoughts and personal discoveries.
Supporting details & paragraph Structure	Poor The details do not clearly support your original point of view.	Fair Some of the details support your original point of view, but there are some that do not.	Good Each Paragraph is a new idea/thought and the details support your original point of view, but the flow or connection between them is sometimes uneven.	Excellent Each Paragraph is a new idea/thought and the details support, or tells more about your original point of view with an obvious and consistent flow or connection between them.
Logical order	Poor The supporting details within the writing as a whole are not developed in a logical order.	Fair There is an attempt to develop the writing in a logical order, but some of the writing may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Good Most of the writing is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Excellent The paragraph is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
Conclusion	Poor The conclusion does not summarize the essay.	Fair There conclusion somewhat summarizes the points written in the essay.	Good The conclusion summarizes the points written in the essay.	Excellent The conclusion is well developed and the summary strengthens the essay as a whole.
Grammar and Mechanics	Poor The writing contains countless errors in usage, spelling and mechanics most of which are distracting to the reader.	Fair The writing contains several errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, some of which are distracting to the reader.	Good The writing contains a few errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, but they are not distracting to the reader.	Excellent There is nothing in the spelling, usage or mechanics that is distracting to the reader.