Essay Rubric Exceeds Meets Approaches JB Intro Compelling title and a hook Attempts a Has author, title, a (plus appr.) compelling title thesis and a hook (plus appr.) Thesis Clear, focused & Clear and focused Not quite clear OR readers would not not quite focused notice this enough Body Clear and focused topic Clear and focused Mostly clear topic paragraphs sentences; concluding topic sentences; sentences; many sentences that pull the concluding concluding paragraph together; sentences that pull sentences; deliberate organization the paragraph somewhat together; effective effective organization organization Evidence Specific and on point; high Specific and on Mostly on point; quality choices; a wide point; some high some variety of variety of “sources”; quality choices; “sources”; usually integrated smoothly; some variety of integrated persuasively explained “sources”; effectively; integrated explained effectively; explained Conclusion Pulls the paper together and Pulls the paper Pulls the paper answers the so what together and together: restates question powerfully; attempts to thesis and key provokes thought in the address the so evidence reader what question Language Clear, correct, varied, Almost all clear, Largely clear and deliberate use of sentences correct, & varied; correct; for rhetorical effect; a few mechanical somewhat varied; virtually no mechanical errors occasional errors mechanical errors
Essay Rubric Exceeds Meets Approaches JB Intro Compelling title and a hook (plus appr.) Attempts a compelling title and a hook (plus appr.) Has author, title, a thesis Thesis Clear, focused & readers would not notice this Clear and focused Not quite clear OR not quite focused enough Body paragraphs Clear and focused topic sentences; concluding sentences that pull the paragraph together; deliberate organization Clear and focused topic sentences; concluding sentences that pull the paragraph together; effective organization Mostly clear topic sentences; many concluding sentences; somewhat effective organization Evidence Specific and on point; high quality choices; a wide variety of “sources”; integrated smoothly; persuasively explained Specific and on point; some high quality choices; some variety of “sources”; integrated effectively; explained Mostly on point; some variety of “sources”; usually integrated effectively; explained Conclusion Pulls the paper together and answers the so what question powerfully; provokes thought in the reader Pulls the paper together and attempts to address the so what question Pulls the paper together: restates thesis and key evidence Language Clear, correct, varied, deliberate use of sentences for rhetorical effect; virtually no mechanical errors Almost all clear, correct, & varied; a few mechanical errors Largely clear and correct; somewhat varied; occasional mechanical errors
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