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One Paragraph Writing Assignment One Paragraph Writing Assessment Pick a historical figure from the list on Mr. Parrish's counter and write a DETAILED paragraph about the person. Rubric Code: KXC5XW2 By whp123 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Poor 0.25 pts	Fair 0.5 pts	Good 0.75 pts	Very Good 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Poor The paragraph does contain a topic sentence.	Fair 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.	Good Topic sentence contains only one idea but the main idea is not easy to understand.	Very Good Topic sentence has one idea and the main idea is easy to understand.
Paragraph Body	Poor The paragraph does not contain a body.	Fair The body of the paragraph does not support the topic.	Good The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence but also introduces a new idea that is unrelated.	Very Good The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.
Paragraph Length	Poor The paragraph consists of 2 or fewer sentences	Fair The paragraph consists of 3 complete sentences	Good The paragraph consists of 4 complete sentences	Very Good The papargraph consists of 5 or more complete sentences.
Grammar & Spelling	Poor Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar & spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract from the reader from the content.	Good Writer makes 1 - 2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Very Good Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Follow Directions	Poor The directions were not followed and paragraph is not on given topic.	Fair Most of the directions were followed and the paragraph attempts to stay on topic	Good The directions were followed with clear ideas.	Very Good The directions were followed resulting in a strong paragraph and effective ideas.