Essay and Reflection

RUBRICS FOR WRITTEN EXPLANATION

Exemplary Proficient Developing Beginner

(6 pts) (5 pts) (4 pts) (3 pts)
Content Appropriate, Appropriate and Explanation and Explanation not
engaging, reflective respectful to comments done engaging,
and respectful to others. but lacks irrelevant or
others. Explanation Explanation have engagement and difficult to follow
are in depth a purpose or analysis or in meaning.
analytical, reflective main topic about substantial
and make and is reflective. reflection or
connection beyond maybe off topic.
the clip.
Originality Shows a large Shows some Shows little Lacks evidence of
and amount of original original thought. original thought. It original thought. It
Creativity thought. Ideas are Shows new displays few new displays no new
creative ideas and ideas and insight. ideas or insight.
insight.
Organizatio Sophisticated Functional Inconsistent Minimal control of
n arrangement of arrangement of arrangement of arrangement.
content with evident content that content that
and/or transition sustains of sustain a logical
logical order with order with or
some evidence without attempts
of transition. at transition.
Style Precise, illustrative Generic use of Limited word Minimal variety in
use of variety of variety of words choice and word choice and
words and and sentence control of minimal control of
sentence structure structure to sentence sentence
to create consistent create a structures that structure
writer’s voice and consistent inhibit voice and
tone appropriate to writer’s voice and tone
reader tone appropriate
to reader
Conventions Contains few errors Contains some Contains several Contains serious
(Grammar, in the convention of errors in the errors in the errors in the
spelling, English language convention of convention of convention of
usage and (grammar, English language English language English language
sentence punctuation, (grammar, (grammar, (grammar,
formation) capitalization and punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
spelling). These capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
errors do not spelling). These spelling). These spelling). These
interfere with the errors do not errors may errors interfere
reader’s interfere with the interfere with the with the reader’s
understanding of reader’s reader’s understanding of
the writing. understanding of understanding of the writing.
the writing. the writing.