Exemplary

4 Points

Good
3 Points

Adequate
2 Points

Poor
1 Point

Student
demonstrates a
thorough and
conscious
understanding of the
writing task at hand.

Student
demonstrates a
thoughtful
understanding of the
writing task at hand.

Student
demonstrates a
restricted
understanding of the
writing task.

Student
demonstrates little
or no understanding
of the writing task at
hand.

Development of
Student uses
examples, evidence. specific evidence
from the text, and
convincing example
to support their
ideas to make
insightful
connections

Student uses
relevant examples
from experience to
support their claim,
and some textual
evidence. Makes
applicable
connections to
ideas.

Student uses some

examples that are
not developed
clearly to support
their claims. Student
also uses very little
textual examples
throughout writing
assignment.

Student uses none to

very few specific
examples to support
their claim needed
for the essay.

Organization

Student had well

thought-out ideas
that were not
incredibly clear, but
were recognizable,
but still transitioned
well.

Student had
inconsistent
arrangement for the
paper with no
transitions.

Student showed no
consistency with
their thoughts, and
showed no
transitions.

Depth of Reflection

Student had clear

and well thoughtout idea throughout
the entire paper with
strong transitions

Points Received

Grammar/Sentence
Fluency /
Punctuation

Reflection Rubric

The paper had no

mistakes with
punctuation and
grammar, and the
sentences flowed
together- making
the paper easy to
read.

The paper had very

little mistakes in
grammar,
punctuation, and in
sentence structure.
The paper was fairly
easy to read.

The paper had

multiple mistakes
with sentence
structure,
punctuation, and
grammar.

The paper was full

of mistakes with
their grammar and
punctuation, and the
sentences were not
structured in a way
that allowed
fluency- making the
paper difficult to
read.