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5th Grade Expository Essay

Guidelines for scoring an expository essay.

Rubric Code: V7BWW4

By MsRaymond

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Expository Essay Division/ Classification
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Introductory Paragraph 10 % The writer hooks the reader's attention and clearly introduces the topic prior to stating the thesis.	Poor This essay has no introductory paragraph.	Fair The introductory paragraph vaguely states the topic and does not "hook" the reader.	Good The introductory paragraph clearly states the essay topic, but does not "hook" the reader.	Excellent The introductory paragraph clearly states the topic and "hook" reader with an attention grabbing opening.
Thesis Statement 10 % Essential question is used or restated as a main idea for the essay.	Poor Thesis is not present or is not clear	Fair Thesis is present but does not include reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Good Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Excellent Thesis is present and clear with three descriptive reasons that support the essential question or prompt.
Main Idea of each paragraph 10 % Is prompt restated into a topic sentence?	Poor Main idea is not present or is unclear.	Fair Main Idea is present but does not restate the prompt.	Good Main Idea is present and clearly written.	Excellent The Main Idea is a clear restating of the prompt.
Supporting details 20 % Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?	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.
Logical order 20 % Does the order of the supporting details make sense?	Poor The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.	Fair The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Good Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Excellent The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
Conclusion 10 % Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?	Poor There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the details together.	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.	Good The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does tie the details together.	Excellent The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tieing the details together.
Grammar and Mechanics 10 % Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics ESP. pronoun/ antecent OR subjuct-agreement problems.	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics ESP. pronoun/ antecent OR subjuct-agreement problems.	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics ESP. pronoun/ antecent OR subjuct-agreement problems.	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics, ESP. pronoun/ antecent OR subjuct-agreement problems.
Essay Upgrades 10 % Writer "upgrades" essay with interesting word choices, descriptions, strong verbs, and imagery.	Poor This essay has no transitions, descriptive words, strong verbs or imagery.	Fair The writer uses very little transitional words, descriptive words, strong verbs, and imagery.	Good The writer makes an attempt to use transitional words, descriptive words, imagery, and strong verbs.	Excellent The essay has many transition words, lots of descriptive wording and imagery and also uses many strong verbs

Keywords:

Expository

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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