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One Paragraph Writing Assessment One Paragraph Writing Assessment Rubric Code: A72CAW By gagodong Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

One Paragraph Writing Assessment Enter rubric description
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Very Good 4 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that presents a single idea in a concise and clear way.	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 The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaninful details.	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 5 or fewer sentences	Fair The paragraph consists of 6 complete sentences	Good The paragraph consists of 7 complete sentences	Very Good The papargraph consists of 8 or more complete sentences.
Punctuation & Spelling	Poor Writer makes more than 4 errors in punctuation & spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair Writer makes 3-4 errors in punctuation or spelling that distract from the reader from the content.	Good Writer makes 1 - 2 errors in punctuation or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Very Good Writer makes no errors in punctuation or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Subject Verb Agreement	Poor Writer makes more than 5 errors in subject verb agreement.	Fair Writer makes 3 - 4 errors in subject verb agreement.	Good Writer makes 1 - 2 errors in subject verb agreement.	Very Good Subjects and verbs agree for all sentences.