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Animal Essay grade 5 Animal Essay grade 4 Write a 5 paragraph essay about an animal from our country of your choice. Your essay should include an introduction, Body (3 paragraphs about specific adaptations) and Closing Rubric Code: W23984B By mrscizz Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Animal Essay grade 5
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Content and Ideas	Not Yet Meeting Lacks main idea or focus, inadequate or unclear supporting details, does not identify specific adaptations	Beginning to Meet Work Shares main idea with 2 adaptations limited supporting details,	Meeting Work shares clear main idea with 3 adaptations with relevant facts describing adaptations	Excelling Work shares 3+ adaptations with thoughtful relevant details of how they work and help animal
Organization	Not Yet Meeting Ideas are disorganized, writing is incomplete or missing intro/conclusion, lacks transition words	Beginning to Meet An attempt at paragraph structure, ideas unorganized with paragraph, missing intro or conclusion , few transitions words used to connect ideas. Use of generic topic/closing sentence.	Meeting Paragraph used with intro/body/conclusion format with logical sequence. Clear main idea with relevant facts. Attempt at unique topic/closing sentences. Transition words attempted.	Excelling Logically organized intro, body, and conclusion. Interesting topic/closing sentences used with transition words throughout
Grammar/Spelling	Not Yet Meeting Errors in spelling, punctuation/grammar interfere with meaning	Beginning to Meet Errors in Spelling, Punctuation and grammar may interfere with meaning	Meeting Few errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and none interfere with meaning. Proofreading needed	Excelling Minor errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, do not interfere with meaning
Word Choice/fluency	Not Yet Meeting Words used are overused, vague, generic. Not written in complete sentences. No paragraphs	Beginning to Meet Simple sentence structure within paragraphs. Use of overused/general word choice.	Meeting Sentences vary in length, descriptive word choice is used showing awareness of audience.	Excelling Sentences vary in length, word choice is purposeful, precise and enhances meaning and understanding.
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