Quality

English Language Arts Rubric:

Text Analysis

A/Mindblowing
ResponsesatthisLevel:
demonstratethoroughand
accurateanalysisofthetext,
clearlyidentifyinganeffectand
aliteraryelementortechnique
usedtoadvancethiseffect

B/Proficient
ResponsesatthisLevel:
demonstrateappropriateand
accurateanalysisofthetext,
identifyinganeffect
andaliteraryelementor
techniqueusedtoadvancethis
effect

C/Developing
ResponsesatthisLevel:
demonstratelittleanalysisof
thetext,identifyinganeffect
and/oraliteraryelementor
technique

D/Struggling
ResponsesatthisLevel:
donotdemonstrateanalysisof
thetext,failingtoidentifyan
effectand/oraliteraryelement
ortechnique

presentideasclearlyand
consistently,makingeffective
useofspecificandrelevant
evidencetosupportanalysis

presentideassufficiently,
makingadequateuseofrelevant
evidencetosupportanalysis

presentlittleornoevidence
fromthetext

CoherenceandOrganization
:
theextenttowhichtheresponse
logicallyorganizescomplex
ideas,concepts,andinformation

exhibitlogicalorganizationof
ideasandinformationtocreatea
cohesiveandcoherentresponse

exhibitacceptableorganization
ofideasandinformationto
createacoherentresponse

presentideasinconsistently,
inadequately,and/or
inaccuratelyinanattemptto
supportanalysis,makinguseof
someevidencethatmaybe
irrelevant
exhibitinconsistent
organizationofideasand
information,failingtocreatea
coherentresponse

ControlofConventions
:
theextenttowhichthe
responsedemonstrates
commandofconventionsof
standardEnglishgrammar,
usage,capitalization,
punctuation,andspelling

demonstratecontrolofthe
conventionswithinfrequent
errors

demonstratepartialcontrolof
conventionswithoccasional
errorsthatdonothinder
comprehension

demonstrateemergingcontrol
of
conventionswithsomeerrors
thathindercomprehension

Style
:theextentto
whichtheresponseuseformal
styleandpreciselanguage

establishandmaintainaformal
style,usingpreciselanguageand
soundstructure

establishandmaintainaformal
style,usingappropriatelanguage
andstructure

lackaformalstyle,using
languagethatisbasic,
inappropriate,orimprecise

ContentandAnalysis
:the
extenttowhichtheresponse
conveyscomplexideasand
informationclearlyand
accuratelyinorderto
respondtothetaskand
supportananalysisofthe
text
CommandofEvidence
:the
extenttowhichtheresponse
presentsevidencefromthe
providedtexttosupport
analysis

exhibitlittleorganizationof
ideasandinformation

areminimal,making
assessment
unreliable
demonstratealackofcontrolof
conventionswithfrequenterrors
thatmakecomprehension
difficult
areminimal,making
assessmentofconventions
unreliable
maybeillegibleornot
recognizableas
English
uselanguagethatis
predominantlyincoherent,
inappropriate,orcopieddirectly
fromthetaskortext