iRubric: 5 Paragraph Essay Writing Rubric for Content and Conventions

Ideas are not well-developed. Lacks genuine effort.

Shows some attempt at discussing the issue at hand but falls short of presenting anything new or interesting.

Shows some attempt at discussing the issue at hand, introduces some new information or shows effort in how information is presented

Writer presents an interesting, logical argument for their point. The ideas flow easily and are clearly understood.

Essay begins immediately with writer's opinion. "I think...." "In my opinion....." or the writer uses the words "it" as the subject or the word "because" in an intro sentence. (applies to all paragraphs)

Writer has an intro paragraph, but intro sentence is missing.

Writer uses an intro sentence but it lacks clarity. Do you understand what they are saying?

Writer uses an effective intro sentence that describes or introduces the topic at hand.

There is no meaningful conclusion.

There is a short conclusion that directly restates topic sentence or is too short, or does not directly relate to the topic being discussed.

There is a conclusion paragraph, but little thought was put into it, with the topic sentence being directly restated.

The conclusion sums up the paper as a whole, the topic is covered without repeating the introduction and links to future are clearly stated and relevant

Has no bibliography

Has bibliography, but only has 1 - 3, they are not in proper format.

Has bibliography, but only has 1-4, and they are in proper format.

Has a complete bibliography
Has at least 5 sources and they are all in the proper format.