iRubric: Writing an Informational/Explanatory Paragraph rubric

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Writing an Informational/Explanatory Paragraph Students are expected to explicitly explain about a given topic with 2 details, 2 explanations, a topic sentence. and closing sentence. Rubric Code: AX7X5WX By hodget Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Education Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Informational Paragraphs
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Topic Sentence	Poor I do not have a topic sentence that is focused on the given topic.	Fair I have a topic sentence but it not clear and partially related to the given topic.	Good I have a clear topic sentence that is directly related to the given topic
Details	Poor I do not have any details or the details are not related to the given topic.	Fair I have specific 1 detail sentence that is related to the given topic.	Good I have 2 specific details directly related to the given topic.
Examples/Explanation	Poor I do not have examples or the examples are not related to the details given that is on topic.	Fair I have 1 specific example that is directly related to the detail and is on topic and is related to the text.	Good I have 2 specific examples that are directly related to the details and is on topic and is related to the text.
Closing Sentence	Poor I do not have a closing sentence or it is not related to the text.	Fair I have an unclear closing sentence but it is related to the text.	Good I have a clear closing sentence that is related to the text and topic.
Temporal Words	Poor I do not have any temporal/transition words or I have only one temporal word.	Fair I have 1 transition word for my detail and 1 transition/temporal word for my example.	Good I have 2 temporal\transition words for the details and 2 for the explanation.
Capitals, Punctuation, Spelling	Poor I have little to none punctuation, correct capitals and spelling.	Fair I have some punctuation, correct capitals and spelling.	Good I have most of the punctuation, correct and spelling.