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5th Grade Non-Narrarive Essay

5th Grade Expository Essay

Guidelines for scoring an expository essay.

Rubric Code: W9XA3A

By lauratheteacher

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Expository/Non-Narrative Essay Division/ Classification
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Introduction Paragraph 20 % Thesis statement is used or restated as a main idea for the essay. Three supporting details are included to prove the thesis is true.	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 30 % Is supporting detail restated into a topic sentence?	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...Now I realize 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...Now I realize 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...Now I realize 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...Now I realize what this says about me...
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 10 % 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 20 % 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 20 % 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.

Keywords:

Expository

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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