iRubric: 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric

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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric SLO Course Description: 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: M36653* By iwulczyn Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

LS 2C - 5 Paragraph Essay
	Advanced Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Proficient Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Basic Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Minimal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 pts
Response to Prompt 30 %	Advanced Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Proficient Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Basic Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Minimal Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.
Development & Details 30 %	Advanced Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Proficient Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Basic Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Minimal Demonstrates little or no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.
Conventions of English 20 %	Advanced Consistently controls structure and the conventions of Edited American English (EAE).	Proficient Generally controls sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Basic May demonstrate inconsistent control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Minimal May exhibit minimal or no control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.
Spelling and Punctuation 20 %	Advanced No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Proficient One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Basic Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Minimal More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.