Rubric for Informative Essay

Introduction Paragraph Total

Does the writer Are there any
have an Attention capitalization
Grabber? 0.5 points errors?
Are there any 0.5 points
Does the writer spelling, or
have a thesis punctuation
statement? 0.5 points errors? 0.5 points /2

Body Paragraph Are the first

Does the writer letters in each
have a topic sentence
sentence 0.5 points capitalized? 0.25 points
Does the writer
have evidence
that supports their Are proper nouns
thesis? 1 point capitalized? 0.25 points
Does the writer
name the title and Does each
author of the story sentence have
they are using for the correct
their evidence? 1 point punctuation? 0.25 points
Does the writer
use quotation
marks, for their Are there any
evidence? 0.5 points spelling errors? 1 point
Does the writer
explain the quote
that they used for
evidence to Does the writer
support their use a transition
thesis? 0.5 points word? 0.25 points
Does the writer
have a concluding
sentence? 0.5 points /6

Conclusion Paragraph
Does the writer
restate their Are there any
thesis using capitalization
different
Does thewords?
writer 0.5 points errors?
Are there any 0.5 points
have a strong spelling, or
closing punctuation
statement? 0.5 points errors? 0.5 points /2

Total: / 10