Includes essential information and enough elaboration to give readers and understanding of the topic. Includes some essential information with few facts. Difficult to understand Includes little essential information and no elaboration. Very confusing and hard to understand. Organization Contains introduction, supporting details evident and paragraphs flow easily and well into each other.
Most paragraphs contain a topic sentence.
Supporting details are evident and there is some confusion as to how the paragraphs connect with each other. Conclusion and intro do not reinforce each other. Topic sentences hard to identify in each paragraph. Very few supporting details or evidence. No structure to paragraph.