EssayRubric Criteria TheClaim/ Argument Reasonsin SupportofClaim Focus

Advanced(4pts.) Youmakeaclaim/argumentand explainwhyitiscontroversial/ significant/interesting. Yougiveclearandaccurate reasonsinsupportofyour claim/argument. Youshowaclearunderstanding ofwhatinformationwas required,andwhoyouraudience is.Youwriteaboutoneclear topic,andgavemanydetailsto supportyourtopic. Youuseplentyofdetailsto supportyourtopic.Youshowa clearunderstandingofthe purposeforwritingthispiece, andyouclearlyunderstandthe information Yourwritingisveryorganized. Youusetransitionswell,andthe orderofyourinformationmakes goodsense.Thispaperiseasyto readandunderstand! Itsoundslikeyoucareabout yourargument.Youshowhow youthinkandfeelaboutit. Youdemonstrateanexcellent useoflanguageandyour sentencestructure.Youclearly understandhowinformational piecesarewritten,andyourtone isclear. Youuseavarietyofsentence structures.Youhaveveryfew errorsingrammar,usage,

Proficient(3pts.) Youmakeaclaim/argumentbut youdontexplainwhyitis controversial/significant/ interesting. Yougivereasonsinsupportof yourclaim/argument.Butyou mayoverlookimportantreasons. Youshowanunderstandingof whatinformationwasrequired, andwhoyouraudienceis.You writeaboutonecleartopic,and includeddetailsinmostofyour writing. Yougivetheappropriateamount ofdetailstosupportyourtopic. Youshowagoodunderstanding ofthepurposeforwritingthis piece,andyouunderstandthe information Yourwritingisorganizedwell. Mostofyourtransitionsareused correctly,andyourorderof informationdoesmakesense. Thispapercanbereadand understoodwithveryfew problems YourtoneisOKbutyourpaper couldhavebeenwrittenby anyone.Ineedtotellmoreabout howIthinkandfeel. Youshowgoodcontrolof languageandsentencestructure. Yourwritinghasmanypartsthat resemble5paragraphessays, andyourtoneisclear.

Basic(2pts.) Yourclaim/argumentisburied, confusedorunclear. Yougive1or2weakreasons thatdontsupportyour claim/argumentand/or irrelevantorconfusingreasons. Youshowapartial understandingofwhat informationwasrequired,and whoyouraudienceis.Youhavea topic,butsomeofthedetailsdo notsupportthistopicclearly Yougivesomedetailstosupport yourtopic.Youdonot demonstrateastrong understandingofthepurposefor writingthispiece,andyoumay notfullyunderstandthe informationwritten. Yourwritingisnotvery organized.Someofyour transitionsmaybeused correctly,butoveralltheerrors makeitdifficulttounderstand.

BelowBasic(1pt.) Youdonothaveanargumentor claim Youdonotgiveconvinving reasonsinsupportofyour claim/argument Youdonotshowan understandingifwhat informationwasrequired,and whoyouraudienceis.Aspecific topicisunclearanddetailsare notclear. Yougiveveryfewdetailsto supportyourtopic.Youdonot demonstrateunderstandingof thepurposeforwritingthis piece,andyoudonotshow understandingofthe informationwritten. Yourtransitionsarenotpresent, ornotusedcorrectly.The informationisnotorganized well.Thispaperisunclearand difficulttounderstand. Yourwritingistooformalortoo informal.ItsoundslikeIdon't likethetopicoftheessay. Youdemonstrateverylittle controloflanguageandsentence structure,whichmakesit difficultforthereader.Youshow littleunderstandingofthe structureofanessay. Manysentencesareawkwardor fragments..Therearemany grammar,usage,spellingand

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Yourwritingisblandor pretentious.Thereiseitherno hintofarealpersoninitorit soundslikeI'mafake. Youuseoflanguageand sentencestructuremakesit difficulttoclearlyidentifytone. Youdemonstratesome knowledgeofthestructureofan essay. Youuseavarietyofsentence Youdonotuseavarietyof structures.Youhavesomeerrors sentencestructures,andsome ingrammar,usage,spelling,and sentencesmaybefragments,and

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Youuseavarietyofsentence structures.Youhaveveryfew errorsingrammar,usage, spelling,andpunctuation.The errorsthataretheredonot makethewritingunclear. Allnoncommonknowledge statementsandinformationare properlycitedusingtheMLA style. Alldates,names,andeventsare historicallyaccurate Youhaveaproperlycited bibliographyintheMLAstyle.

Youuseavarietyofsentence structures.Youhavesomeerrors ingrammar,usage,spelling,and punctuation.Afewofthese errorsmaymakepartsofthe writingunclear. Mostnoncommonknowledge statementsandinformationare properlycitedusingtheMLA style. Mostdates,names,andevents arehistoricallyaccurate Youfailedtoincludeasource usedinthepaperinyou bibliography

Youdonotuseavarietyof sentencestructures,andsome sentencesmaybefragments,and withoutpunctuation.Thereare manygrammar,usage,spelling andpunctuationissues. Somenoncommonknowledge statementsandinformationare properlycitedusingtheMLA style. Somedates,names,andevents arehistoricallyaccurate

Manysentencesareawkwardor fragments..Therearemany grammar,usage,spellingand punctuationissues. No/Fewnoncommon knowledgestatementsand informationareproperlycited usingtheMLAstyle. No/Fewdates,names,and eventsarehistoricallyaccurate Thereisnobibliography