SCORING RUBRIC

Needs
Very   Fairly  
Satisfactory  Improveme WEIG
Satisfactory  Satisfactory SCORE
3 nt HT
4 2
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Content  The depth of The depth of The depth of The content

the content the content the content reflects poor
reflects adequately reflects knowledge
excellent reflects insufficient and
knowledge knowledge knowledge understanding
and and and of the topics
understanding understandin understanding discussed
of the topics g of the of the topic. It throughout the
discussed topics has few quarter. It
throughout the discussed supporting provides
quarter. The throughout details for the irrelevant or
main points the quarter. It main points, no supporting
are excellent provides and it needs to details at all.
with timely, some elaborate The
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relevant, and supporting further with explanations
sufficient details for explanations, of concepts
supporting the main examples, are inaccurate,
details. It points, but it descriptions, incomplete,
provides an needs to etc. and
accurate elaborate Its support is incompetent.
explanation of further with relevant, but
key concepts. explanations, not timely.
examples,
descriptions,
etc.
Its support is
relevant and
timely.

Organizatio The composition The The composition The

n (Cohesion, is overall composition somehow lacks composition
Coherence, coherent. The is coherent. clarity. The ideas completely
Unity) ideas are The ideas are are connected to lacks clarity.
connected to one connected to one another with The ideas are
another with one another poor transitions not connected x2 8
impeccable with good to one another
transitions using transitions with penurious
appropriate and using proper transitions.
proper cohesive cohesive
devices. devices.

Word Count The The The composition The

and Word composition composition has less than 300 composition x2 8
Choice has 400 to 450 has 350 to words. It does has less than
 words. It uses 399 words. It not use any 200 words. It
creative uses creative creative does not show
languages and languages languages and any creative
descriptive and descriptive words at all.
words that are descriptive words.
appropriate to words that
the events are somewhat
written in the appropriate
essay. to the events
written in the
essay.

Title The title is The title is The title is Title was not
short and adequate. It unnecessarily given or
concise. It is reveals what lengthy. It is indicated.
specific and the research also broad and
informative. It is about. It vague. It does
contains contains not contain
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keywords some keywords
relevant to the keywords important to
nature and relevant to the nature and
scope of the the nature scope of the
essay. and scope of essay at all.
the essay.

Organization The essay is The essay is The essay is The essay is

and Grammar overall somehow not coherent at full of
coherent. It coherent. It all. It was full grammatical
observed has a few of misuses of errors,
proper use of misuses of punctuation, punctuations,
punctuation, punctuation, misspellings, misspellings,
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correct misspellings improper and very
spelling, , improper capitalization, improper
capitalization, capitalizatio and capitalization.
and grammar. ns, and unsatisfactory
No errors were inadequate grammar. 
noticed. grammar. 

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