iRubric: Paragraph Writing-5th Grade rubric

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Paragraph Writing-5th Grade Paragraph Writing-5th Grade Students wrote a paragraph on a given topic. Rubric Code: JX7WC99 By newbondgirl Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Paragraph Summary
	4 (N/A)	3 (N/A)	2 (N/A)	1 (N/A)
Topic Sentence	4 Topic sentence establishes the focus and grabs the reader's attention in a well-developed sentence.	3 Topic sentence establishes the focus in a well-developed sentence.	2 Topic sentence includes focus but is not well-developed.	1 The paragraph does not contain a topic sentence.
Paragraph Body	4 The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with more than 3 meaningful details.	3 The body of the paragraph supports the topic sentence with 3 meaningful details.	2 The body of the paragraph supports the topic, but gives less than 3 meaningful details.	1 The paragraph does not support the topic with meaningful details.
Closing Sentence	4 The closing sentence recaps the topic sentence and makes reference to the body.	3 The closing sentence recaps the topic sentence.	2 The closing sentence does not recap the topic sentence at all.	1 The paragraph does not contain a closing sentence.
Focuses on Topic	4 Presents a well-developed, clearly focused paragraph.	3 Presents a clearly focused paragraph.	2 Presents a paragraph but the main focus may shift.	1 Attempts to present a focused paragraph with little or no success.
Conventions and Style
Capitalization & punctuation	4 No errors in capitalization and punctuation.	3 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.	2 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.	1 5 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Spelling	4 No spelling errors.	3 1-3 spelling errors.	2 4-5 spelling errors.	1 More than 5 spelling errors.