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Descriptive Paragraph How To Paragraph Students will write a descriptive paragraph on the process of mummification. Rubric Code: K4386C By msi1024 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Descriptive Paragraph
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Conventions	Poor Paragraph has six or more punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.	Fair Paragraph has three to five punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.	Good Paragraph has one or two punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.	Excellent Paragraph has no errors in punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Paragraph format	Poor The writer did not indent and the paragraph and is hard to read. They did not have a topic sentence.	Fair The writer did not indent and the paragraph is a little hard to read. The topic sentence is off topic.	Good The writer did not indent and the paragraph has a nice flow.They have a topic sentence that could be a little clearer.	Excellent The writer has indented and has written a nice paragraph. They have a topic sentence that clearly states the main idea.
Description of Process	Poor The steps are not clear or in order.	Fair The steps of the mummification process are there. However, they are not clear to the reader.	Good The writer wrote the steps of the mummification. Some steps could have been a little clearer.	Excellent The writer did an excellent job describing the process of mummification to the reader. The steps are clear and specific.
Use of Sequence Words	Poor The writer did not use any sequence words. The steps are very confusing to the reader.	Fair The writer used very little sequence words in this project. The steps are somewhat confusing.	Good The writer used some sequence words while writing the mummification process. The lack of sequence words did not affect the paragraph.	Excellent The writer used sequence words to show the steps of the mummification process.
Word Choice	Poor The writer does not have acceptable word choice in this paragraph.	Fair The writer has very little different word choices for the paragraph.	Good The writer has nice word choice. They could have writen with a little more descriptiveness.	Excellent The writer has excellent word choice and uses descriptive words in their writing.