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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 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: J3WC56* By Wteachrub1 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. 5 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Below Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate 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.	Below Marginal Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.	Inadequate Does not attempt to address prompt
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Below Marginal Fails to organize ideas.	Inadequate Contains no organization or 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.	Below Marginal Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.	Inadequate Demonstrates 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.	Below Marginal May exhibit minimal control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Inadequate May exhibit 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.	Below Marginal Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.	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.	Below Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros
Format	Effective Paper follows all format quidelines. 1 inch margins, 12 point times new Roman font. 5 paragraphs are indented.	Adequate x	Marginal X	Below Marginal X	Inadequate Paper does not follow all format quielines
Sources	Effective Contains at least two viable sources.	Adequate X	Marginal X	Below Marginal X	Inadequate Does not contain at least two viable sources
Works Cited Page	Effective Contains a work scited page in proper MLA format	Adequate X	Marginal Contains a works cited page with few mistakes.	Below Marginal X	Inadequate Does not contain a works Cited page.
Length	Effective Paper is 5 paragraphs	Adequate Paper is 4 paragraphs	Marginal Paper is 3 paragraphs	Below Marginal Paper is two paragraphs	Inadequate Paper is one or less paragraph.

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English

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