Rubric for Writing Composition

8/13/2019 Rubric for Writing Composition

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Here's a detailed rubric on how your essays will be graded in this class. When I grade your essays, I actually grade them ho

carefully. I don't try to determine whether you receive a 3 or 4 for your idea, a 4 or 5 for your organization, or a 2 or 3 for y

about what aspects I look at and what kind of criteria I use when I grade your essay. Therefore, use this rubric as a guidelin

Point/Grade 6 (A) 5 (A-/B+) 4 (B)

Ideas

topic thesis focus purpose

Ideas are insighful,thought-provoking, and

focused so that they

consistently support a

central idea.

Ideas are focused tosupport the topic and a

central idea, but may not

be consistently insightful

or thought-provoking.

Ideas support the topicand central idea with

some focus.

Ideagene

som

or a

Organization

structure coherence unity transitions

Organization is coherent,

unified and effective in

support of the paper's

purpose and consistently

demonstrates effective and

appropriate transitions

between ideas and

paragraphs.

Organization is coherent,

unified and effective in

support of the paper's

purpose and usually

demonstrates effective

and appropriate

transitions between ideas

and paragraphs.

Organization is mostly

coherent and unified in

support of the essay's

purpose, but could be

tighter and more

effective. May

demonstrate weak

transitions between ideas

or paragraphs.

Org

cohe

essa

inef

may

or w

betw

para

Development

details evidence examples logic arguments

Development includes

abundant details and

examples that arouse

audience interest. Provides

relevant, concrete, specific

and insightful evidence in

support of sound logic.

Development is uneven,

but more than adequate

with details and

examples that arouse

audience interest.

Provides relevant,

concrete evidence in

support of sound logic.

Development is adequate.

Details and examples

provide concrete, specific

evidence in support of

sound logic.

Dev

suff

prov

deta

som

and

a few

unsu

Audience Writing targets and

demonstrates an awareness

of audience.

Demonstrates a general

awareness of audience

Demonstrates an uneven

awareness of audience

Aud

be v

Style

sentence structure word choice tone

Style is confident,

readable and rhetorically

effective in tone,

incorporating varied

sentence structure and

precise word choice.

Style is confident,

readable and rhetorically

effective in tone,

incorporating varied

sentence structure and

word choice.

Style is readable and

rhetorically effective in

tone, incorporating some

varied sentence structure.

Styl

inco

som

sent

effe

Grammar & Mechanics

grammar spelling punctuation

Grammar, spelling, and

punctuation are

conventionally

appropriate.

Very few "errors" in

grammar, spelling, and

punctuation

Few "errors" in grammar,

spelling and punctuation

Som

serio

gram

pun

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Format

presentation sources documentation

Format is correct, meets

all assignment directions,

and works expertly to

support the essay's

purpose.

Format is correct, meets

all assignment directions,

and supports the essay's

purpose.

Format is correct, meets

all assignment directions,

and works generally to

support the essay's

purpose

Form

mee

assi

and

supp

purp