This rubric is my student friendly version for grades 5-12 based on the original from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. At paper can still earn a rating of a 4 or 2. If a paper is not quite a 5, but better than a 3, it is a 4. If a paper is not quite a 3, but better than a 1, it is a 2. It holds the reader's attention.
Ideas are fresh and original.
Related details support the main idea. The writer writes from experience and seems to know a lot about the topic. The topic has been narrowed to something specific. The writer stays on topic, and it is easy to tell what the point or main idea of the paper is. It holds the reader's attention most of the time.