Timed Writing Exercise 1: Focus

Self-Evaluation

Rubric:

Organizational Structure Development

3 The essay is focused, structured,
and coherent.
The essay’s organizational struc- The essay succeeds at developing an
ture is appropriate to purpose, au- engaging idea reflecting depth of
dience, topic, and context. thought with effective use of rhetori-
cal devices, details, examples, and
commentary.

2 The essay is mostly focused, struc-
tured, and coherent.
The essay’s organizational struc-
ture is mostly appropriate to pur-
pose, audience, topic, and con-
text.
The essay mostly succeeds at devel-
oping an engaging idea reflecting
depth of thought with effective use
of rhetorical devices, details, exam-
ples, and commentary.

1 The essay is somewhat focused,
structured, and coherent.
The essay’s organizational struc-
ture is somewhat appropriate to
purpose, audience, topic, and
context.
The essay somewhat succeeds at de-
veloping an engaging idea reflecting
depth of thought with effective use
of rhetorical devices, details, exam-
ples, and commentary.

0 The essay is not focused, struc-
tured, and coherent.
The essay’s organizational struc- The essay does not succeed at devel-
ture is not appropriate to purpose, oping an engaging idea reflecting
audience, topic, and context. depth of thought with effective use
of rhetorical devices, details, exam-
ples, and commentary.
Following the example in Timed Writing Exercise 1: Focus, score your essay according to the
rubric above, and evaluate your use of organization and development to achieve a focused re-
sponse to the prompt.

Score:
A:

Organizational structure:
A:

Development:
A: