iRubric: Paragraph Writing for Writing Prompt rubric

The paragraph is difficult to follow. Ideas jump from one topic to another in an undorderly fashion that does not make sense. The paragraph does not have a topic sentence and a concluding sentence.

The paragraph is somewhat easy to follow. The paragraph contains a topic sentence, but not a concluding sentence. There are at least 2 supporting detail sentences that relate to the main idea.

The sentences are in sequenced order and the paragraph is easy to follow. The paragraph contains a strong topic sentence. There are at least 3 supporting sentences that relate to the main idea. There is a concluding sentence that relates to the main idea/topic sentence.

One or more sentences does not begin with a capital letter and/or end with a punctuation mark. All cities, states, places, tiltes, months, days, and names have not been capitalized. There is more than 1 spelling and/or 1 grammar error.

Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark; one sentence may end with an incorrect puntuation mark (.?!). All cities, states, places, tiltes, months, days, and names have been capitalized. There is no more than 1 spelling and 1 grammar error.

Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with the correct type of punctuation mark (.?!). Commas and apostrophes are used correctly. Quotation marks have been placed around dialogue and the closing quotation marks always follow a period or comma. All cities, states, places, tiltes, months, days, and names have been capitalized. There are no spelling or grammar errors.