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Expository Paragraph 
Expository Paragraph
Guidelines for scoring a stand alone expository paragraph.
Rubric Code: ZX64X32
By jruch400
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric Expository Writing
Guidelines for scoring an expository essay
  Emerging

70 pts

Partially Proficient

77 pts

Proficient

85 pts

Exemplary

100 pts

Main Idea
15 %

Is prompt restated into a topic sentence?
Emerging

Main idea/Topic Sentence is not present or is unclear.
Partially Proficient

Main Idea/Topic Sentence is present but does not restate the topic.
Proficient

Main Idea/Topic Sentence is present and clearly written.
Exemplary

The Main Idea/Topic Sentence is a clear restating of the topic.
Supporting details
30 %

Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?
Emerging

The details do not support the main idea.
Partially Proficient

Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.
Proficient

Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.
Exemplary

Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. Follow up sentences provide additional support.
Logical order
30 %

Does the order of the supporting details make sence?
Emerging

The supporting sentences within the paragraph as a whole are not developed in a logical order.
Partially Proficient

The writer attempts to develop the sentences in a logical order, but some of the paragraph may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.
Proficient

Most of the sentences are presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.
Exemplary

The sentences are developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
Conclusion
15 %

Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?
Emerging

There is no conclusion. The paragraph just ends without summing up, or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the details together.
Partially Proficient

There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic, or tie the details together.
Proficient

The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does tie the details together.
Exemplary

The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up, or restating the topic and tieing the details together.
Grammar and Mechanics
10 %

Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics
Emerging

The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics most of which are distracting to the reader.
Partially Proficient

The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, some of which are distracting to the reader.
Proficient

The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, but they are not distracting to the reader.
Exemplary

The paragraph contains no more than two errors. There is nothing in the spelling, usage or mechanics that is distracting to the reader.



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