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Anthem Expository Essay Rubric MSND Expository Essay Rubric Students have chosen to write on one of the five Anthem essay prompts dealing with characteristics from the book, and application to daily lives. Rubric Code: N5W247 By bfgboy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Anthem Essay Rubric
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts	Great 30 pts
Intro and Conclusion	Poor Does Not contain an intro or conclusion.	Fair Contains either an intro or a conclusion that introduces or extends the main idea, or contains both and neither relate to the main idea.	Good Contains both an intro and a conclusion and they do relate to the main idea, but are not fully developed.	Great Contains both an intro and a conclusion and they both relate to the main idea, and are both fully developed.
Body Paragraphs	Poor Contains less than five body paragraphs, or more than one of the body paragraphs don't address the three main points of the prompt or do not include quotes.	Fair Contains less than five body paragraphs, or one of the body paragraphs doesn't address the main points of the prompt or do not all include quotes.	Good Contains at least five body paragraphs, but some or all of the paragraphs don't address the main points of the prompt . Quotes not fully explained.	Great Contains at least five body paragraphs, and all of the paragraphs address the points of the prompt, and include quotes fully explained.
Grammar	Poor The essay lacks editing and review. It has distracting fragments/run-ons, usage errors, spelling. (More than 5 per page)	Fair The essay has several errors. Needs editing. (Less than 5 per page)	Good The grammar in this essay is good. Few errors. (Less than 3 per page)	Great The grammar is excellent. There are little to no mistakes.
MLA format/Citations	Poor More than 6 errors in MLA form and no citations.	Fair 3-5 errors in MLA form and citations to back up some assertions.	Good Only 1-2 errors in MLA form and citations to back up most assertions.	Great All MLA is correct and there are citations to back up every assertion.
Elaboration	Poor Little or no elaboration/explanation.	Fair Some explanation and interpretation.	Good Adequately explains and draws conclusions.	Great Skillfully presents detailed information with clear conclusions throughout the paper.
Writing guidelines	Poor Writing guidelines not followed. (skip lines, front only, ink, etc)	Fair Several guidelines not followed.	Good Almost all guidelines followed.	Great Guidelines followed.