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Paragraph Paragraph The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, a body and a concluding sentence. Proper punctuation and capitalization is required. Rubric Code: F224CX9 By roxy26pr Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

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	Excellent 4 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that presents a single idea in a concise and clear way.	Excellent Topic sentence has one idea and the main idea is easy to understand.	Satisfactory Topic sentence contains only one idea but the main idea is not easy to understand.	Needs Improvement Topic sentence contains more than one idea and/or the main idea is not easy to understand. Or the topic sentence is some place other than the beginning of the paragraph.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.
Paragraph Body The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.	Excellent The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.	Satisfactory The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence but also introduces a new idea that is unrelated.	Needs Improvement The body of the paragraph does not support the topic.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a body of at least three detail sentences.
Concluding Sentence The paragraph ends with a concluding sentence that summarizes the topic sentence and the body.	Excellent The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence and the details in the paragraph body.	Satisfactory The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence, but not the body of the paragraph.	Needs Improvement The concluding sentence does not recap the topic sentence.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a concluding sentence.
Punctuation and capitalization Capital letters, commas and periods are used according to grammar rules.	Excellent Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly 100% of the time.	Satisfactory Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than two errors.	Needs Improvement Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than five errors.	Unsatisfactory Capital letters, commas and periods are used with five or more errors.
Spelling and Grammar Spelling and Grammar have been checked and corrected.	Excellent There are no mistakes in spelling and/or grammar.	Satisfactory There are 1 or 2 errors in spelling and/or grammar	Needs Improvement There are 3-5 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.	Unsatisfactory There are more than 6 mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.