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3-Paragraph BU Essay 
5-Paragraph Essay Organization Rubric
Students will write a 3-paragraph essay on the cycle of violence and where it is shown in the novel.
Rubric Code: QX567WW
By jescahsmith
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric 3Paragraph Essay
  Effective

Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas.

4 pts

Adequate

Reader understands<BR>
writer’s ideas.

3 pts

Marginal

Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas.

2 pts

Below Marginal

1 pts

1. Introduction

Effective

Successfully includes hook, relevant plot summary, and complete thesis statement.
Adequate

Attempts to successfully include hook, relevant plot summary, and complete thesis statement.
Marginal

Attempts to include hook, relevant plot summary, and complete thesis statement.
Below Marginal

Missing hook, relevant plot summary, or complete thesis statement.
2. Body Paragraph #1

Effective

Successfully includes topic sentence that identifies the main idea, supporting details for the cycle of violence, and a concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph.

Includes a quotation with a lead-in for at least one event on the cycle of violence
Adequate

Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, that identifies the main idea, supporting details for the cycle of violence, and a concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph.

Attempts to successfully include a quotation with a lead-in for at least one event on the cycle of violence
Marginal

Haphazardly includes topic sentence, that identifies the main idea, supporting details for the cycle of violence, and a concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph.

Haphazardly includes a quotation with a lead-in for at least one event on the cycle of violence
Below Marginal

Fails to include topic sentence, that identifies the main idea, supporting details for the cycle of violence, and a concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph.

Fails to include a quotation with a lead-in for at least one event on the cycle of violence
5. Conclusion

Effective

Successfully includes re-statement of thesis (in different words), explains why knowing the cycle of violence is important
Adequate

Attempts to successfully include re-statement of thesis (in different words), attempts to explain why knowing the cycle of violence is important
Marginal

Fails to re-state thesis or clincher. Fails to explain why knowing the cycle of violence is important
Below Marginal

No attempt at an organized conclusion. Does explain why knowing the cycle of violence is important
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics

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

More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros
Format

Effective

Essay is written in a formal manner with no use of "I"

Includes an effective, relevant title

Includes class heading

Uses MLA format for quotation
Adequate

Misses some of the criteria
Marginal

Misses most of the criteria
Below Marginal

Does not meet criteria



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