Demonstrates evidence of Evidence of analytical thinking Thinking is somewhat Analytical thinking is not in rigorous, highly analytical is prevalent but could be further superficial and underdeveloped. evidence; paper does not reflect thinking. Develops thoughts in a developed. Some thoughts are Thoughts are limited in scope complete comprehension of progressive, sophisticated way. developed in a clear and logical and may not be properly topic. Thoughts are very limited Higher-order ideas are way. Ideas are communicated in developed. Most ideas are clear in scope and lack development. communicated in a cogent and a clear and mostly engaging to the reader. Many ideas have not been engaging fashion. fashion. clearly articulated. Analysis Draws well-developed, Draws defensible conclusions Draws somewhat substantiated Does not provide a elaborate, defensible about intended meaning from conclusions about intended justification of the conclusions about intended the key details of the article and meaning from the key details of in work’s success & meaning from the key details of the book. Provides a the article and the book. communicating meaning the the article and the book. justification of the Provides a general justification allegorical implications of the Provides an especially allegorical implications of the of the allegorical implications novel. thoughtful, developed, novel. of the novel. Justification justification of the Connections allegorical implications of the novel. Paper is virtually error-free, and Paper is mostly error-free, and Paper has a substantial number Paper has frequent and has been thoroughly proofread. has been adequately proofread. of errors and proofreading is egregious errors and there is Text features: varied, Text features: some sentence somewhat inadequate. Text little to no evidence of sentences; correct variety, mostly correct spelling features: unvaried but proofreading. Text features: spelling and punctuation; and and punctuation, and structurally sound sentences, fragments or run-on sentences, sophisticated, assignment-appropriate occasional spelling/punctuation frequent spelling/punctuation Mechanics vocabulary. vocabulary. errors, and limited and errors, and overly-simplistic and occasionally inaccurate often inaccurate vocabulary. vocabulary. * Please note: Failure to accurately cite sources falls under the category of plagiarism, which is clearly defined in the school handbook and has separate consequences.
Analysis Demonstrates evidence of rigorous, highly analytical thinking. Develops thoughts in a progressive, sophisticated way. Higher-order ideas are communicated in a cogent and engaging fashion. Evidence of analytical thinking is prevalent but could be further developed. Some thoughts are developed in a clear and logical way. Ideas are communicated in a clear and mostly engaging fashion. Thinking is somewhat superficial and underdeveloped. Thoughts are limited in scope and may not be properly developed. Most ideas are clear to the reader. Analytical thinking is not in evidence; paper does not reflect complete comprehension of topic. Thoughts are very limited in scope and lack development. Many ideas have not been clearly articulated. Connections & Justification Draws well-developed, elaborate, defensible conclusions about intended meaning from the key details of the article and the book. Provides an especially thoughtful, developed, justification of the allegorical implications of the novel. Draws defensible conclusions about intended meaning from the key details of the article and the book. Provides a justification of the allegorical implications of the novel. Draws somewhat substantiated conclusions about intended meaning from the key details of the article and the book. Provides a general justification of the allegorical implications of the novel. Does not provide a justification of the work’s success in communicating meaning the allegorical implications of the novel. Mechanics Paper is virtually error-free, and has been thoroughly proofread. Text features: varied, sentences; correct spelling and punctuation; and sophisticated, vocabulary. Paper is mostly error-free, and has been adequately proofread. Text features: some sentence variety, mostly correct spelling and punctuation, and assignment-appropriate vocabulary. Paper has a substantial number of errors and proofreading is somewhat inadequate. Text features: unvaried but structurally sound sentences, occasional spelling/punctuation errors, and limited and occasionally inaccurate vocabulary. Paper has frequent and egregious errors and there is little to no evidence of proofreading. Text features: fragments or run-on sentences, frequent spelling/punctuation errors, and overly-simplistic and often inaccurate vocabulary. * Please note: Failure to accurately cite sources falls under the category of plagiarism, which is clearly defined in the school handbook and has separate consequences.