Supporting Form and Matters of Matters of

Thought and Structure Choice

Understanding Evidence Do you develop and Are you using words
Correctness
Is your evidence good Do you use words
Do you use the text to maintain a controlling that enhance your
enough to prove your correctly? Do you
show that you idea? Are you discussion? Are you
point? How are you confidently create your
understand the topic? focusing, arranging, using effective syntax?
using, developing, and sentences? Is your
Do your ideas relate to and shaping your How do you create
integrating your grammar and
the assignment? discussion for the your voice while
evidence? mechanics error free?
assignment? writing?

Support is precise Ideas and details are

Ideas are insightful Word choice is Writing demonstrates
and wisely picked. It varied and insightful
and purposeful, precise. The syntax a confident control
reinforces the and contribute to a
demonstrating a deep is effective and of correct sentence
student’s ideas in a fluent discussion that
Excellent knowledge of the sometimes polished. construction, usage,
convincing way. A has been skillfully
100% text and topic. The stylistic choices grammar, and
valid connection to developed. The
Interpretations of the contribute to skillful mechanics. There are
the student’s ideas is controlling idea is
text are original and composition with a few errors in a
efficiently effectively presented
perceptive. convincing voice. complex response.
maintained. and integrated.

Ideas and details are

Ideas are thoughtful Support is specific Word choice is
purposeful and Writing demonstrates
and considered, and well-chosen to specific. The syntax
contribute to a a competent control
demonstrating a reinforce the is generally
controlled of correct sentence
considerable student’s ideas in a effective. The
Proficient discussion that has construction, usage,
knowledge of the persuasive way. stylistic choices
80% been capably grammar, and
text and topic. There is a sound contribute to a
developed. The mechanics. There are
Interpretations of the connection to the considered
controlling idea is minor errors in a
text are revealing students’ ideas, and it composition with a
coherently presented complex response.
and sensible. is well maintained. capable voice.
and sustained.

Ideas and details are

Support is general,
straightforward and Word choice is
Ideas are relevant adequate, and
provide some adequate. The Writing demonstrates
and appropriately
direction for the syntax is a basic control of
straightforward, chosen to
appropriately straightforward but correct sentence
demonstrating a demonstrate ideas.
Satisfactory developed awkward at times. construction, usage,
general knowledge May lack
60% discussion. The Stylistic choices grammar, and
of the text and topic. persuasiveness. A
controlling idea is contribute to a mechanics. Errors are
Interpretations of the reasonable
general in conventional present, but do not
text are plausible but connection to the
presentation and in composition with an impact clarity.
basic. student’s ideas is
maintenance, but not appropriate voice.
suitably maintained.
always coherent.

Support is poorly
The ideas and details Word choice is
Ideas are superficial chosen, inaccurate,
are evident but imprecise or Writing demonstrates
and oversimplified. inadequate, or a
ineffective, inappropriate. inconsistent control
There is a weak summary of the text.
providing some Syntax is frequently of correct sentence
comprehension of the Support does not
Limited direction for the awkward and construction, usage,
text and topic demonstrate ideas
40% underdeveloped ambiguous. Poor grammar, and
demonstrated. and lacks
discussion. The language choices mechanics. Errors are
Interpretations of the persuasiveness.
controlling idea is contribute to the present and impacts
text are incomplete There is a weak
inconsistently vague composition clarity.
or literal. connection to the
maintained. with a careless voice.
students’ ideas.