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iRubric: 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric

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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric Goal: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising. Note: The first 5 criteria of this rubric have been duplicated from the the Steck-Vaughn GED Essay. Rubric Code: YA4548* By Sammyosb Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

5 Paragraph Essay
	Effective 10 pts	Adequate 8 pts	Marginal 6 pts	Inadequate 4 pts
Response to Prompt	Effective Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Adequate Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Marginal Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Inadequate Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization designed to prove thesis.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan that attempts to prove thesis.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan but vaguely supports thesis.	Inadequate Fails to organize ideas or prove thesis.
Body Paragraphs	Effective The paragraphs include all of the necessary points that support the position tie the main point back to the thesis.	Adequate The paragraphs include some of the necessary points that support the position tie the main point back to the thesis.	Marginal The paragraphs include few of the necessary points that support the position tie the main point back to the thesis.	Inadequate The paragraphs include one or none of the necessary points that support the position tie the main point back to the thesis.
Conclusion	Effective The conclusion is strong and leaves the reader solidly understanding the writer's position. The conclusion exlpains why I should care about the topic.	Adequate The conclusion is fine and leaves the reader understanding the writer's position. The conclusion attempts to exlpains why I should care about the topic.	Marginal The conclusion is weak and leaves the reader vaguely understanding the writer's position. The conclusion doesn't really exlpains why I should care about the topic.	Inadequate The conclusion is not attempted or is very weak. It does not exlpain why I should care about the topic.
Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.