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Main / Topic Idea
Sentence
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Main/topic idea sentence
is not stated and the alien's problem is not mentioned.
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Main/topic idea sentence
is unclear and does not clearly state the alien's problem.
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Main/topic idea sentence
is unclear or does not clearly state the alien's problem.
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Main/topic idea sentence
is clear and states the alien's problem.
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Supporting Details
(Attempts to Solve the Problem)
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Paragraph has no supporting
detail sentences that relates back to the problem the
alien has.
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Paragraph has one supporting
detail sentence that explains an attempt to solve the
problem.
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Paragraph has two supporting
detail sentences that explain attempts to solve the
problem.
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Paragraph has three
or more supporting detail sentences that explain attempts
to solve the problem.
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Transition Words
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The paragraph does
not use any transition words.
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The paragraph uses
one transition word that shows sequence of events.
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The paragraph uses
two transition words to show sequence of events.
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The paragraph uses
three or more transition words to show sequence of events.
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Conclusion
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The paragraph does
not have a conclusion.
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The paragraph's conclusion
is unclear and does does not clearly state how the alien's
problem was solved.
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The paragraph's conclusion
is either unclear or does does not clearly state how
the alien's problem was solved.
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The paragraph has a
strong conclusion and clearly states how the alien's
problem was solved.
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Mechanics and Grammar
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Paragraph has six or
more punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.
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Paragraph has three
to five punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.
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Paragraph has one or
two punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.
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Paragraph has no errors
in punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
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Total---->
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