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Seasons - Paragraph Paragraph Structure Assessment The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, a body and a concluding sentence. Proper punctuation and capitalization is required. Rubric Code: H2485X By rcraft Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

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	Unsatisfactory 1 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Topic Sentence The paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that presents a single idea in a concise and clear way.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.	Needs Improvement 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.	Satisfactory Topic sentence contains only one idea but the main idea is not easy to understand.	Excellent 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 meaningful details.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a body of at least three detail sentences.	Needs Improvement The body of the paragraph does not support the topic.	Satisfactory The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence but also introduces a new idea that is unrelated.	Excellent The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with meaningful details.
Concluding Sentence The paragraph ends with a concluding sentence that summarizes the topic sentence and the body.	Unsatisfactory The paragraph does not contain a concluding sentence.	Needs Improvement The concluding sentence does not recap the topic sentence.	Satisfactory The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence, but not the body of the paragraph.	Excellent The concluding sentence recaps the topic sentence and the details in the paragraph body.
Punctuation and capitalization Capital letters, commas and periods are used according to grammar rules.	Unsatisfactory Capital letters, commas and periods are used with five or more errors.	Needs Improvement Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than five errors.	Satisfactory Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly with less than two errors.	Excellent Capital letters, commas and periods and used correctly 100% of the time.