Rubric for Esl Paragrph

Name:___________________________________ Paragraph Title: ____________________________________

|CRITERIA |Excellent |Good |Average |Below Average |
| |“A” |“B” |“C” |“D” |
| |5 points |4 points |3 points |2 points |
|Topic Sentence |The topic sentence: |The topic sentence: |The topic sentence: |The topic sentence: |
| |is clear, focused, purposeful, and aware of its |is clear, focused, purposeful, and generally |is partially clear, attempts to create focus,|does not yet have a focus or purpose that is |
| |audience; |aware of its audience; |but sometimes loses sight of purpose and/or |clear, leaving audience confused; |
| |contains at least one subject and one verb; |contains at least one subject and one verb |the awareness of its audience; |is missing a subject or verb, or incorporates|
| |contains both a topic and a controlling idea—it |contains a topic and/or a controlling |is missing a controlling idea; |too many in a confusing ; |
| |names the topic then limits the topic to a |idea—the controlling idea is too general |immediately starts to explain the