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New Year Goals Essay

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising.

Rubric Code: U49B7

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

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	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Below Marginal 1 pts
1. Introduction	Effective Successfully includes lead, transition to thesis, complete thesis statement.	Adequate Attempts to successfully include lead, transition to thesis, complete thesis statement.	Marginal Attempts to includes complete thesis statement.	Below Marginal Missing lead or transition to thesis OR thesis statement is incomplete.
2. Body Paragraph #1	Effective Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #1.	Adequate Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #1.	Marginal Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #1.	Below Marginal Contains no organization or evidence.
3. Body Paragraph #2	Effective Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #2.	Adequate Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #2.	Marginal Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #2.	Below Marginal Contains no organization or evidence.
4. Body Paragraph #3	Effective Successfully includes topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #3.	Adequate Attempts to successfully include topic sentence, elaboration on reason #1, evidence set-up, evidence, evidence follow-up, wrap-up of reason #3.	Marginal Fails to include evidence and wrap-up of reason #3.	Below Marginal Contains no organization or evidence.
5. Conclusion	Effective Successfully includes re-statement of thesis (in different words), transitions to clincher, and a clincher (strong idea to end on).	Adequate Attempts to successfully include re-statement of thesis (in different words), transitions to clincher, and a clincher (strong idea to end on).	Marginal Fails to re-state thesis or clincher.	Below Marginal No attempt at an organized conclusion.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Below Marginal More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros

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