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Argument / Persuade -

Argument / Persuade - Key Job Skills for All Employment

Five Paragraph Informative Essay scoring rubric.

Rubric Code: UX7X46W

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Criteria for Essay
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Poor (N/A)
Introduction/Thesis Statement 8	Excellent Very well developed introduction & thesis statement. They engage the reader and create interest. (Hook) Transition material moves reader logically toward thesis. Thesis takes a position and previews coming paragraphs - Points are parallel.	Good The introduction & thesis statement create interest and are fairly well developed. Transition material moves reader lhesis takes a position and previews coming paragraphs - Points are parallel but may lack flow.	Fair The introduction & thesis statement create interest and are fairly well developed. Transition material moves reader logically toward thesis. Thesis takes a position and previews coming paragraphs - Points may lack parallelism. Transition material may be lacking.	Poor The introduction & thesis statement do not introduce the essay. Hook may be missing or ineffetive. transisiton may be choppy or missing. If no controlling point is evident zero points are awarded.
Body Paragraph 1 Topic Sentences & Supporting Details. 12	Excellent Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph.	Good Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph. The support could be better or the language improved.	Fair There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence support with citation, counter argument with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. That is two sources per paragraph.	Poor Details are either wrong or lacking. Counter arguments or refutation is missing.
Body Paragraph 2 Topic Sentences & Supporting Details 12	Excellent Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph.	Good Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph. The support could be better or the language improved.	Fair There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence support with citation, counter argument with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. That is two sources per paragraph.	Poor Details are either wrong or lacking. Counter arguments or refutation is missing.
Body Paragraph 3 12	Excellent Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph.	Good Details in the essay are clear and specific. Language is used effectively and word choice is specific. There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence, support with citation, additional support with citation, counter arguement with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. Three sources per paragraph. The support could be better or the language improved.	Fair There is at least one well integrated quote. The format is topic sentence support with citation, counter argument with clear transistion (on the other hand, in contrast, however, etc) and refutation with citation. That is two sources per paragraph.	Poor Details are either wrong or lacking. Counter arguments or refutation is missing.
Conclusion 8	Excellent The concluding paragraph effectively unifies the essay. It makes a point that is creative and interesting.	Good The concluding paragraph effectively unifies the essay, but it does not make a very interesting point.	Fair The concluding paragraph relates a conclusion to the process, but it does little to unify the essay.	Poor The conclusion is poor and ineffective. It may be only one sentece but is present. 0 points for no conclusion.
Organization/Structure 8	Excellent There are 5 distinct paragraphs. Topic sentences are sophisticated. The transitions are appropriate and used very effectively.	Good There are 5 distinct paragraphs. Topic sentences are adequate. Logical progression of details. Transitions are present, but they could be improved by either addition or revision.	Fair Organization is clear. Topic sentences are basic. Some transitions are present, while others are either inappropriate or missing.	Poor Essay does not have 5 paragraphs. Little discernible organization. Transitions are not present. Cannot discern a logical explanation of the process.
Spellingand grammar 8	Excellent Spelling and grammar is generally correct.	Good Some errors. 2-3	Fair Sever errors. 4-5	Poor Many spelling errors. 6-9 0 points for more than 10
Style: sentence flow, tone, and w.c 8 pts - 1 percent for every use of "very," "things," "a lot", and "there." You are allowed 3 linking verbs. Additional linking verbs will be a deduction.	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 process. At least 1 sentence uses a ; conjunctive adverb and , At least one question	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure. There is consistent tone and word choice is appropriate for the description of the process.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety. The tone is inconsistent and word choice, while adequate, does not clearly explain the process. No more than 1 fragment or runon.	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 process is not explained.
works cited 8 - 10 points if Wikipedia is a source. An uncited source would constitute plagiarism which results in a "0"	Excellent 5 or more valid sources cited alphabetized prepared on Bedford downloaded not copied all information present	Good 4 or more valid sources cited alphabetized prepared on Bedford downloaded not copied all information present	Fair 3 or more valid sources cited alphabetized prepared on Bedford downloaded not copied all information present	Poor 2 or more valid sources cited alphabetized prepared on Bedford downloaded not copied all information present 0 points for fewer than 2 sources or for not being present
In Text citation 12	Excellent Quotes are skillfully integrated and attributed to a source. Each paragphraph (body) has a minimum of two sources. Each source is initially introduced with a tag like According to David Michels of the ALA Research Panel, "......." Subsequent citations may be cited paranthetically after text. Page numbers are cited when available.	Good Quotes are skillfully integrated and attributed to a source. Each paragphraph (body) has a minimum of two sources. Each source is initially introduced with a tag like According to David Michels of the ALA Research Panel, "......." Subsequent citations may be cited paranthetically after text. Page numbers are cited when available.	Fair The students followed some of the directions.More effort was needed to have a better finish for this product.	Poor citation 0 points awarded for no citation
MLA Format 4	Excellent heading and header perfect font is standard TNR 12 point throughout including header 1 in margins no extra spacing between paragraphs	Good 1 error	Fair 2 errors	Poor 3-4 errors 0 points for more than 5 or more errors
Turn it in	Excellent -10 percent if not uploaded to turn it in	Good Required 10-20 % similarity with direct quotes being clearly attributed to source	Fair -5% for every percent over 20% similarity or under 10%	Poor 0 on paper if more than 50% similarity

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