Essay Rubric

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4 3 2 1
Features Expert Accomplished Capable Beginner
Gives some new Gives no new
Quality of Very informative and Somewhat informative
information but poorly information and very
Writing well-organized and organized
organized poorly organized
So many spelling,
Virtually no spelling, Few spelling and A number of spelling, punctuation and
Grammar, Usage punctuation or punctuation errors, punctuation or grammatical errors
& Mechanics grammatical errors (2 minor grammatical grammatical errors (6 that it interferes with
or less) errors (3 to 5) to 10) the meaning (more
than 10)
Presents ideas in an Presents ideas in a Ideas are vague or
Ideas Ideas are too general
original manner consistent manner unclear
Some organization;
Strong and organized Organized No organization; lack
Organization attempt at a
beginning/middle/end beginning/middle/end beginning/middle/end
beginning/middle/end
Writing shows
Writing shows strong Writing shows a clear Writing shows little
Understanding adequate
understanding understanding understanding
understanding
Sophisticated use of
nouns and verbs make Nouns and verbs make Needs more nouns and Little or no use of
Word Choice
the essay very essay informative verbs nouns and verbs
informative
Sentence structure
Sentence structure is Sentence structure is
Sentence enhances meaning; No sense of sentence
evident; sentences limited; sentences
Structure flows throughout the structure or flow
mostly flow need to flow
piece
Total points: 36
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