Ms.

Love AP Language and Composition

Rubric for AP Language and Composition Journal Entries

109 Organization Thoughts clearly and coherently presented; logical 87 Thoughts may be clear, but the overall coherency is lacking 65 Thoughts lack some clarity and much coherency 43 Demonstrates very little clarity and thoughts are not at all coherent Demonstrates very little understanding, address almost no components of the question Demonstrates poor thinking skills 21 Demonstrates no clarity and no coherency

Response to Question

Analysis

Demonstrates full understanding of the topic; addresses all components of the question Employs high level of critical thinking

Demonstrates partial understanding; addresses most of the components of the question Employs medium levels of critical thinking

Demonstrates some understanding; addresses very few components of the question Employs low levels of critical thinking

Support

Includes sufficient textual Includes sufficient support and relates it support but does not back to the question fully relate it back to the question

Includes very little support, and does not relate it back to the question

Includes inadequate support that does not relate to the question

Response is completely irrelevant to the question being asked The response is extremely basic, and below grade level expectations Includes little to no support that is irrelevant

Grammar

Contains no grammatical errors

Contains very few grammatical errors

Contains several grammatical errors

Contains a plethora of grammatical errors that detract from the comprehension of the audience

Too many grammatical errors to comprehend response