4 pts Includes a strong topic sentence with 3 or more sentences. No errors in spelling or grammar
4 pts
3 pts Includes a strong topic sentence with 3 sentences. There are only a few errors in spelling or grammar
3 pts
2 pts Includes a topic sentence with 2 sentences. There are many errors in spelling and grammar.
2 pts
1 pt Topic sentence is only 1 sentence long. The paper is full of spelling and grammar errors that interfere with reading the paper.
1 pts
Does the paper have a strong topic sentence?
Does the sentence contain the appropriate ending and other punctuation?
Do all sentences begin with a capital and all proper nouns are capitalizes?