ENG S112 – READING AND WRITING SKILLS Name: ___________________________ Strand/Section: ____________________

MIDTERM Project: ESSAY WRITING Date: ___________________ Teacher: __________________________

RUBRIC
CRITERIA EXCELLENT (25) PROFICIENT (24-22) ADEQUATE (21-18) LIMITED (17-15) Points
Central idea and clarity purpose
Central idea is well developed and
Central idea and clarity purpose are absent or incompletely ex and
clarity purpose is exhibited The central idea is expressed
are generally evident essay. maintained Little or no evidence of
throughout the paper. though it may be vague or too
Evidence of critical, careful critical, careful thought analysis
CONTENT AND Abundance of evidence of critical, broad; Some sense of purpose is
thought and analysis and/or insight and/or insight There are too few,
INFORMATION careful thought and analysis and/or main essay. Some evidence of
There are good, relevant no examples and evidence or they
insight. critic careful thought and
supporting examples and are mostly irrelevant
Evidence and examples are vivid analysis and/or insight
evidences. No Submission.
and specific.
There is some level of
Paper has a clear organizational
Paper is logically organized. Easily organization though digressions, There is no apparent organization
STRUCTURE, structure with some digressions,
followed. Effective, smooth, and ambiguities, irrelevances are too to the paper. Difficult to follow.
PRESENTATION ambiguities or irrelevances. Easily
logical transitions. Professional many. Difficult to follow. No or poor transitions. No format
AND followed. Basic transitions.
format Shows unity, coherence, Ineffective transitions. Rambling Unrelated details; no transitions.
ORGANIZATION Structured format Shows
and cohesion. format No Submission.
coherence and cohesion.
SENTENCE
STRUCTURE, Uses simple sentences, distracting
Manipulates complex sentences for Uses compound sentences. Too
GRAMMAR, Uses complex sentences. Few errors in usage, spelling, or
effect/impact. No punctuation or many punctuations and/or
MECHAMICS, punctuation or mechanical errors punctuation
mechanical errors mechanical errors
AND No Submission.
SPELLING
Vocabulary is unsophisticated, not
Uses and manipulates subject Vocabulary is varied, specific and
Vocabulary is used properly used properly in very simple
LANGUAGE specific vocabulary for effect. appropriate. Frequently uses
though sentences may be simple sentences. Uses subject specific
VOCABULARY Writer’s tone is clear, consistent subject specific vocabulary
Infrequently uses subject vocabulary too sparingly.
TONE and appropriate for intended correctly. Writer’s tone emerges
specific vocabulary correctly No Submission.
audience. and appropriate to the audience.
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