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Columbus Writing Research Christopher Columbus and create an informative essay about his life, highlighting the most important aspects of his life. Rubric Code: SXXA2B By ambg1004 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, Undergraduate

Christopher Columbus
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Very Good 4 pts	Exemplary 5 pts
Title	Poor No Title	Fair	Good Simple Title	Very Good	Exemplary Interesting Title
Focus	Poor Barely addresses the topic.	Fair Related to the topic but includes extra or hardly related information.	Good Focused on the topic and may include extra or loosely related information.	Very Good Fosuces on the topic.	Exemplary Focused and purposeful and reflects insight into the writing situation.
Organization	Poor Little evidencee of an organizational pattern may be shown and the essay ay lack a sense of beginning, middle and end.	Fair An organizational pattern has been attempted but may lack a sense of beginning, middle and end.	Good An organizational pattern is there, although some disorganization may take place.	Very Good Organizational pattern provides for a sequence of ideas that make good sense (some drifts may occur). Essay has a sense of beginning, middle and end.	Exemplary Organizational pattern provides for a sequence of ideas that make good sense.
Support	Poor Little, if any, develpment of support.	Fair Some support but develpment is inconsistent. Word choice is humdrum	Good Support is okay although development may be uneven.	Very Good Ample support. Select word choice.	Exemplary Extensive, specific, relevant support. May use creative writing strategies.
Conventions	Poor Frequent and noticeable errors in mechanics or commonly used words are misspelled	Fair Errors in basic rules of mechanics and usage may take place and commonly used words may be misspelled	Good Knowledge of the rules of mechanics andusage is usually shown and commonly used words are usually spelled correctly	Very Good Generally follows the rules of mechanics, usage and spelling	Exemplary Few, if any, rule errors in mechanics, usage,punctuation and spelling
Visual	Poor No visual	Fair Basic visual no color	Good Simple visual with color	Very Good Develping visual with color	Exemplary Reinforcing visual with color