Name:  Date:   Class period: 1  2  3  4  5   6 (Circle yours.)

Rubric for Assessing a Journal Entry    Grading Criteria Excellent  Acceptable  Minimal  Unacceptable

Content  Response to  assigned  topic  thorough and  well written,  with varied  sentence  structure and  vocabulary;  opinions  always  supported  with facts.

Response  thoughtful and  fairly well  written; most  opinions  supported  with facts

Response  adequately  addresses  some aspects  of the  assigned  topic; opinions  sometimes  based on  incorrect  information.

Response  consists of  unsupported  opinions only  marginally  related to the  topic.

Idea  Development

Excellent  use of  examples  and details  to explore  and develop  ideas and  opinions.

Good reliance  upon  examples and  details to  illustrate and  develop ideas  and opinions.

Incomplete  development  of ideas;  details and  examples not  always  evident.

Ideas not  clearly stated  or developed.

Organization  Very logically  organized;  contains  introduction;  development  of main idea  (or ideas),  and  conclusion.

Contains  introduction,  some  development  of ideas, and  conclusion.

Topics and  ideas  discussed  somewhat  randomly;  entry may lack  clearly defined  introduction or  conclusion.

Entry is  unstructured.

Mechanics  Flawless  spelling and  punctuation.

Few or no  spelling  errors; some  minor  punctuation  mistakes.

Several  spelling and  punctuation  errors.

Many  instances of  incorrect  spelling and  punctuation.


Name : Date : Class period : 1 2 3 4 5 6 ( Circle yours . ) Rubric for Assessing a Journal Entry Grading Criteria Excellent Acceptable Minimal Unacceptable Content Response to assigned topic thorough and well written , with varied sentence structure and vocabulary ; opinions always supported with facts . Response thoughtful and fairly well written ; most opinions supported with facts Response adequately addresses some aspects of the assigned topic ; opinions sometimes based on incorrect information . Response consists of unsupported opinions only marginally related to the topic . Idea Development Excellent use of examples and details to explore and develop ideas and opinions . Good reliance upon examples and details to illustrate and develop ideas and opinions . Incomplete development of ideas ; details and examples not always evident . Ideas not clearly stated or developed . Organization Very logically organized ; contains introduction ; development of main idea ( or ideas ) , and conclusion . Contains introduction , some development of ideas , and conclusion . Topics and ideas discussed somewhat randomly ; entry may lack clearly defined introduction or conclusion . Entry is unstructured . Mechanics Flawless spelling and punctuation . Few or no spelling errors ; some minor punctuation mistakes . Several spelling and punctuation errors . Many instances of incorrect spelling and punctuation .