Name: ____________________________

Evaluate: (1 hr. 20 minutes)

Paragraph Composition- The school has launched environmental campaigns. You are one of
the assigned writers for the school paper. Your task is to write the different ways on how to
segregate waste materials.

A. Instruction: Write a paragraph about "Waste Segregation", follow the given format.

Name: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Outline

Title: ________________________________

I. Topic Sentence: ________________________________________________

Detail 1 ________________________________________________
Detail 2 ________________________________________________
Detail 3 ________________________________________________
Detail 4 ________________________________________________
Detail 5 ________________________________________________

B. Instruction: Write a complete paragraph using the topic sentence and details you wrote
above.

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Rubric:

Criteria Proficient Approaching Developing Beginning

Proficiency
Content (5) The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph
talks about the talks about the talks about the talks about the
importance of importance of importance of importance of
waste waste waste waste
segregation, and segregation, and segregation, and segregation, and
no other topic is one sentence two sentences various other
included. talks about talk about topics.
recycling. recycling.
Organization The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph
of Ideas (5) has at least has at least two has only one has no
three supporting supporting supporting supporting
details about the details about the details about the details about the
main topic main topic main topic main topic
Facts (5) The paragraph The paragraph is The paragraph The paragraph
is based on facts based on facts is based on a is based solely
and is not just and contains the fact and many on the opinion
the opinion of opinion of opinions of the of the writer.
writer. writer. writer.
Mechanics of The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph
Writing (5) follows correct has 1-2 errors in has 3-4 errors in has 5 or more
indention, indention, indention, errors in
margin, margin, margin, indention,
capitalization, capitalization, capitalization, margin,
punctuation, punctuation, and punctuation, capitalization,
and subject-verb subject-verb and subject-verb punctuation,
agreement. agreement. agreement. and subject-verb
agreement.
Total: 2o pts.