iRubric: Mrs. Lackey's Basic Paragraph Rubric

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Mrs. Lackey's Basic Paragraph Rubric Mrs. Lackey's Basic Paragraph Rubric Narration Paragraph scoring rubric. Rubric Code: T83823 By gocowboys Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Criteria for Paragraph
	Poor Did you really try? 1 pts	Fair You can do better than this! 2 pts	Good Way to go! 3 pts	Excellent You are awesome! 4 pts
Topic Sentence	Poor The topic sentence does not introduce the topic. No controlling point about the topic is evident.	Fair Topic sentence introduces the topic, but does not give accurate and complete information.	Good Topic sentence creates interest and is fairly well developed.	Excellent Very well developed topic sentence. It engages the reader and creates interest.
Details/Examples	Poor Details/examples are either wrong or lacking. There is no dominant impression created in the paragraph.	Fair There are details/examples, but the details do not create a dominant impression that follows the story line.	Good Details/examples are clear and specific, but there are not enough of them to create a dominant impression that follows the story line.	Excellent Details/examples in the paragraph are clear and specific, and there are enough details that follows the story line.
Organization/Structure	Poor No discernable organization. Transitions are not present.	Fair Organization is clear. Some transitions are present, while others are either inappropriate or missing.	Good Logical progression of details. Transitions do not enhance the overall effectiveness of the paragraph. There is a clear beginning, middle, and end.	Excellent Logical progression of details with a clear beginnning, middle and end. The transitions are appropriate and used very effectively.
Style	Poor Writing is confusing and hard to follow. Contains fragments and/or run-on sentences. The word choice is inadequate.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety.	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillfull, and coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure.
Mechanics	Poor Distracting and major errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.	Fair A few errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization distract from the meaning and of the paragraph.	Good A few minor errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization, but they do not destract from the overall meaning of the paragraph.	Excellent No errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization.
Final Score & Comments