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The topic sentence is indented. It grabs the reader's attention and clearly states the main idea.
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The topic sentence is indented. It clearly states the main idea.
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The topic sentence may not be indented. It does not clearly state the main idea.
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There is no clear topic sentence.
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More than three quality details are used to give the reader important or interesting information.
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Three quality details are used to give the reader important or interesting information.
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Two or Three details are used to give the reader important or interesting information. Details may not fit with the topic sentence.
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Supporting details are unclear or not related to the topic sentence.
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A variety of transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.
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Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.
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Not all ideas are connected with transitions.
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Transitions are not used.
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The conclusion restates the main idea. The words used are different than those in the topic sentence.
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The conclusion restates the main idea. The words used are very similar to those in the topic sentence.
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The conclusion does not restate the main idea.
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There is no clear conclusion, the paper just ends.
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Web includes more than 3 reasons, details, or facts with supporting information.
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Web includes 3 reasons, details, or facts.
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Web includes 2 reasons, details, or facts.
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Web includes less than 2 reasons, details, or facts.
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Writer makes no errors in capitalization or punctuation, so the paper is exceptionally easy to read.
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Writer makes 1 or 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation, but the paper is still easy to read.
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Writer makes a few errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader's attention and interrupt the flow.
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Writer makes several errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader's attention and greatly interrupt the flow.
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