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Expository Essays Rubric used for 5 paragraph Expository essays. Rubric Code: VX5W372 By tgriffith7 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Awesome 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Average 3 pts	Work in progress 2 pts	Needs improvement 1 pts
Ideas	Awesome The essay is informative with a clear focus and specific details.	Good The essay is informative with a clear focus. More specific details are needed.	Average The focus of the essay needs to be clearer, and more specific details are needed.	Work in progress The topic needs to be narrowed or expanded. Many more specific details are needed	Needs improvement A new topic needs to be selected. More effort required.
Organization	Awesome The beginning interests the reader. The middle supports the focus. The ending works well. Transitions are used.	Good The essay is divided into a beginning, a middle, and an ending. Some transitions are used.	Average The beginning or ending is weak. The middle needs a paragraph for each main point. More transitions are needed.	Work in progress The beginning, middle, and ending all run together. Paragraphs and transitions are needed	Needs improvement The essay should be reorganized. More effort required.
Word Choice	Awesome Specific nouns and action verbs make the essay clear, informative, and fun to read.	Good Some nouns and verbs could be more specific. Unfamiliar terms are defined.	Average Too many general words are used. Specific nouns and verbs are needed. Some words need to be defined.	Work in progress General or missing words make this essay hard to understand	Needs improvement The writer needs help finding specific words.
Sentence Fluency	Awesome The sentences flow smoothly, and people will enjoy reading them.	Good Most of the sentences read smoothly, but more variety is needed.	Average Many short, choppy sentences need to be combined to make a better variety of sentences.	Work in progress Many sentences are choppy or incomplete and need to be rewritten.	Needs improvement Most sentences need to be rewritten.
Conventions	Awesome The essay is error free.	Good The essay has minimal errors in punctuation, spelling, or grammar.	Average Some errors confuse the reader.	Work in progress Many errors make the essay confusing and hard to read.	Needs improvement Help is needed to make corrections. More effort required