Mr. Stewart’s “Short Burst” Writing Rubric Homework and In-Class Writing Homework will be evaluated on a ten-point scale Grading Category Exemplar (9-10) Proficient (7-8) Unsatisfactory (5-6) Deficient (0-4) The answer The answer The answer is not There is no evidence of CONTENT – THE demonstrates an demonstrates a general clearly connected to the independent thinking or QUALITY OF YOUR understanding of and understanding of the question and instead genuine engagement EVIDENCE AND clearly addresses the question and provides a addresses the topic in a with the question. The THINKING question asked. The somewhat accurate, but general way. There is submitted work is (70%) answer is clearly incomplete response. some sign of original derivative of the work supported by logic and The work is original, but thinking, but the focus of another student or relevant facts. The work lacks the depth and of the assignment is not from information on the is original and commitment of thought addressed or internet. Evidence of thoughtful. seen in an exemplar. understood. thinking/understanding is absent. The work contains at The work contains more The number and/or The error rate reveals a WRITING MECHANICS – most one or two minor than a few minor errors severity of errors are so general lack of concern COMMAND OF errors in spelling and/or in spelling and/or significant as to about doing quality SPELLING AND grammar. No major grammar. At most one seriously undermine the work. Necessary GRAMMAR errors are present. major error is present. quality of the work as a thought and (20%) whole. proofreading was obviously skipped. The work includes the One of the expected Two of the expected More than two of the FORMAL student’s name and a elements of an elements of an expected elements of an CONSIDERATIONS – header that identifies exemplar answer is exemplar answer are exemplar are missing. BEING MINDFUL OF the assignment by missing. Typed missing. The paper is of a YOUR PRESENTATION homework number or homework is one way to size or is (10%) classwork date. The avoid issues with sloppy ripped. Multiple pages work is neat and the handwriting. are handed in without handwriting is legible. the pages being stapled.
Mr. Stewart’s “Short Burst” Writing Rubric Homework and In-Class Writing Homework will be evaluated on a ten-point scale Grading Category Exemplar (9-10) Proficient (7-8) Unsatisfactory (5-6) Deficient (0-4) CONTENT – THE QUALITY OF YOUR EVIDENCE AND THINKING (70%) The answer demonstrates an understanding of and clearly addresses the question asked. The answer is clearly supported by logic and relevant facts. The work is original and thoughtful. The answer demonstrates a general understanding of the question and provides a somewhat accurate, but incomplete response. The work is original, but lacks the depth and commitment of thought seen in an exemplar. The answer is not clearly connected to the question and instead addresses the topic in a general way. There is some sign of original thinking, but the focus of the assignment is not addressed or understood. There is no evidence of independent thinking or genuine engagement with the question. The submitted work is derivative of the work of another student or from information on the internet. Evidence of thinking/understanding is absent. WRITING MECHANICS – COMMAND OF SPELLING AND GRAMMAR (20%) The work contains at most one or two minor errors in spelling and/or grammar. No major errors are present. The work contains more than a few minor errors in spelling and/or grammar. At most one major error is present. The number and/or severity of errors are so significant as to seriously undermine the quality of the work as a whole. The error rate reveals a general lack of concern about doing quality work. Necessary thought and proofreading was obviously skipped. FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS – BEING MINDFUL OF YOUR PRESENTATION (10%) The work includes the student’s name and a header that identifies the assignment by homework number or classwork date. The work is neat and the handwriting is legible. One of the expected elements of an exemplar answer is missing. Typed homework is one way to avoid issues with sloppy handwriting. Two of the expected elements of an exemplar answer are missing. More than two of the expected elements of an exemplar are missing. The paper is of a size or is ripped. Multiple pages are handed in without the pages being stapled.
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