iRubric: 5-Paragraph Writing Rubric

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5-Paragraph Writing Rubric 5-Paragraph Writing Rubric--Personal Experience Essay 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. Rubric Code: DX5A5AX By Silvia_Y Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

5- Paragraph Writing
	Excellent 2.5 pts	Very Good 2 pts	Good 1.5 pts	Fair 1 pts	Poor 0.5 pts
Response to Prompt	Excellent Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Very Good Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Good Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Fair Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.	Poor Does not attempt to address prompt
Organization	Excellent Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Very Good Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Good Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Fair Fails to organize ideas.	Poor Contains no organization or ideas.
Development & Details	Excellent Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples. Effective transitions are used to bridge between paragraphs.	Very Good Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail. Transitions are used to bridge paragraphs.	Good Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations. Some transitions are used to bridge paragraphs.	Fair Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information. A very limited use of transitions are used between paragraphs.	Poor Demonstrates no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information
Word Choice	Excellent Exhibits varied and precise word choice.	Very Good Exhibits appropriate word choice.	Good Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including inappropriate selections.	Fair Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.	Poor Exhibits weak and/or inappropriate words.
Spelling and Punctuation	Excellent No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Typing correctly follows the prescribed format.	Very Good One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Typing follows format.	Good Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. Typing is basically acceptable.	Fair Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Typing strays from format.	Poor More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational errors. Typing is not acceptable by format.