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Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric for Entrepreneurship

Five Paragraph Informative Essay Rubric

Five Paragraph Informative Essay For Entrepreneurship scoring rubric.

Rubric Code: VXA46X4

By ecmills

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5, 9-12

Criteria for Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Introduction- Introduces Topic Make sure your introduction is not too detailed- just gathers interest and states main ideas of the paper that will be covered.	Excellent Details in the essay are clear and specific, and there are enough details to help the reader see and understand the topic. Very well developed introduction.	Good The introduction creates interest and is fairly well developed.	Fair The introduction introduces the topic, but either does not give accurate and complete information, or lacks detail and creativity.	Poor The introduction is not well written and does not create interest.
Body Paragraphs- Content Required: -short biographical section showing their early years- things that influenced business decisions, education, and first jobs that led them to success later on - character traits and work ethic that developed -Description of main business/businesses -Description of how they contributed to society (legacy left) -Description of barriers or failures they encountered	Excellent Each paragraph contains a clearly focused topic sentence. Details are clear and specific, and all content required for the paper is included.	Good Each paragraph contains a topic sentence. Details are clear and specific, and and almost all content required for the paper is included.	Fair Not all paragraphs contain topic sentences. There are details, but they are not very clear or specific, or there are not enough of them to allow the reader to follow the progression of the content requirements.	Poor There are no apparent topic sentences.Details are either wrong or lacking information. They do not seem to relate to the main content requirements.
Conclusion Make sure you do not put specific content here. This should tie all information together and be creative.	Excellent The concluding paragraph effectively unifies the essay. It makes a point about the content that is creative and interesting.	Good The concluding paragraph effectively unifies the essay, but it does not make a very interesting reflection about the overall topic.	Fair The concluding paragraph relates a conclusion to the content, but it does little to unify the essay around the content.	Poor There is no apparent conclusion or point made about the content.
Organization/Structure/Formatting Be clear, Be concise. State words authoritatively and confidently. Use MLA format with in-text citations.	Excellent Well organized paragraphs provide appropriate sequencing about the content. Transitions are smooth and make sense. Uses MLA format accurately and includes in-text citations correctly. Correctly formats Works Cited/Bibliography at the end.	Good Organized and logical progression of details. Transitions are present but may not be smooth. Uses MLA format with 1-2 errors including in-text citations and Works Cited/Bibliography.	Fair Organization is somewhat clear. Some transitions are present, while others are missing. Some steps may be missing or not in the proper order. Uses MLA format with 3-5 errors including in-text citations and Works Cited/Bibliography.	Poor No discernible organization. Transitions are not present. Cannot discern a logical explanation of the content. Has more than 5 errors in formatting. Does not include a Works Cited/Bibliography
Effort Remember to go above and beyond to show work ethic.	Excellent The student followed all of the directions. The students put more effort into the project than what was required.	Good The student followed most of the directions.The studdent put good effort to this project .	Fair The student followed some of the directions.More effort was needed to have a better finish for this product.	Poor The student failed to follow directions. The student put minimal to no effort into their work.

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Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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