PHIL10002: Marking Rubric for Take-Home Exam (Essays)

H1 Excellent H2A Very Good H2B Good H3 Competent Pass Fail

Essay addresses Your essay Your essay Your essay Your essay Your essay does Your essay fails to
topic directly addresses directly addresses focuses well on addresses parts of not properly engage with the
the topic in an the topic; gives a the topic; all parts the topic, but address the topic; topic.
insightful way; well balanced of the topic are contains some the essay
gives a well answer to each addressed. irrelevant details digresses from the
balanced answer part of the topic; and digression or relevant topic.
to each part of the every paragraph does not engage
topic; every is relevant and with all parts with
paragraph is relates well to the sufficient detail.
relevant and topic.
informative and
contributes to the
overall coherence
of the discussion.

Understanding of Outstanding Very good Good and overall Solid Limited Hardly any
material understanding of understanding of accurate understanding of understanding of evidence that you
the material the material; you understanding of the material. Your the material; are familiar with
covered in the offer a clear and the material. You explanations contains errors. the material or
subject; you offer accurate offer an contain some have understood
a clear, accurate, explanation of the explanation of the errors of the material.
and articulate material in your material in your comprehension or
explanation of the own words; you own words. are too brief.
material in your may include your
own words; you own examples to
may include your explain the
own examples to material.
explain the
material in
insightful ways.

Critical Effective critical Very good Good attempt to Some attempt to Very little attempt No indication of
evaluation assessment of the discussion of the critically discuss discuss the to discuss the the ability to
 material; you material; you the material; you material critically; material; engage critically
engage engage with show awareness you do not engage improper grasp of with the relevant
intelligently and philosophical of the with sufficient the philosophical material.
insightfully with problem; consider philosophical depth with the problem and of
the philosophical objections and problem and philosophical the strengths and
problem; consider possible responses consider problem and weaknesses of the
objections to the to it; you present objections and strengths and view under
view under arguments of responses. weaknesses of the discussion.
consideration and your own that go view under
assesses the beyond the discussion.
possible responses material
to it; you present discussed in
interesting assigned readings,
arguments of lectures or
your own that go tutorials.
beyond the
material
discussed in
assigned readings,
lectures or
tutorials; you
show that you are
able to think
critically for
yourself.

Argumentative You are able to You are able to You make You show some Hardly any or No indication of
reasoning reconstruct reconstruct attempts to ability to weak attempt to an ability to
arguments arguments; the reconstruct reconstruct present present
accurately; the arguments are arguments where arguments, where arguments in arguments or to
arguments are largely valid and appropriate; the appropriate, but support of the reason logically.
valid and sound; you offer arguments the reconstruction views presented.
coherent; you good support for presented are is vague or could Arguments are
offer good the arguments; valid; you offer be clearer; you weak or contain
justifications for you organize the support for the offer some logical errors.
the arguments arguments arguments; you support for
presented; the logically. show the ability to arguments.
different argue logically.
arguments are
 organized
logically and
effectively when
viewed aas a
whole.

Structure and Your essay is Your essay is well Your essay has a You could think Your essay does Your essay lacks
presentation carefully structured and it clear structure. more about the not have a clear structure. Hardly
structured and it is easy for your Overall, your structure of the structure. The any indication
is easy for your reader to follow work is clear and essay or make the material is that you care that
reader to follow the structure. The the reader gets the structure clearer presented poorly; the reader grasps
the structure. The writing is clear impression that for your reader. important terms your view;
writing is clear and the reader you have thought Some are not explained relevant
and the reader gets the about your way of formulations are properly or terminology is not
gets the impression that presenting the slightly inexact; obscure; it is hard explained; the
impression that you have view. the essay leaves for your reader to writing contains
you have carefully thought room for grasp the view. ambiguities,
carefully thought about the misinterpretation; leaves room for
about every presentation of contains some misinterpretation,
sentence and your essay. Your repetitions or is repetitive, or
word. Your writing is precise irrelevant contains
writing is precise, and there is little digressions. digressions.
avoids room for
ambiguities and misinterpretation.
unnecessary
repetition; hardly
any room for
misinterpretation.

Use of sources You work You work well You work with You work with You fail to make No indication that
effectively with a with relevant relevant texts. All some relevant good use of sources have been
range of relevant texts. You identify sources are texts, but you available texts. used.
texts. You identify relevant passages properly don’t always Sources are
relevant passages to support your acknowledged. make good use of acknowledged.
to support your claims. For the the text. All
claims. All most part, sources sources are
sources are are properly properly
acknowledged. acknowledged.
properly
acknowledged.