iRubric: 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric

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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric SLO Course Description: 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: A82XAA* By sanphi1984 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

LS 2C - 5 Paragraph Essay
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 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.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Inadequate Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details	Effective Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Adequate Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Marginal Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Inadequate Demonstrates little or no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.
Conventions of English	Effective Consistently controls structure and the conventions of Edited American English (EAE).	Adequate Generally controls sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Marginal May demonstrate inconsistent control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Inadequate May exhibit minimal or no control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.
Word Choice	Effective Exhibits varied and precise word choice.	Adequate Exhibits appropriate word choice.	Marginal Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including inappropriate selections.	Inadequate Exhibits weak and/or inappropriate words.
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.