Rubric for Unit Embedded Assessment—Writing About Change Exemplary Proficient Emerging Ideas The written text thoroughly The text documents the development of an The text does not document the documents the development of an on object over time. development of the object over time. object over time. The project The project demonstrates research in The project lacks evidence of research and demonstrates extensive research with relevant sources. appropriate sources. credible and relevant sources. An explanation of the change is evident but An explanation of the change is not The evidence supports the claim of the persuasion on why change was necessary evident. author and convinces audience of not supported. his/her beliefs. Organization The text is focused, well organized, The writing is focused, organized, and Writing is unfocused and disorganized. and includes important details and includes details and examples. examples. Use of Word choice directly clarifies how the Word choice clarifies how the object Word choice does little to clarify how the Language object developed over time and clearly developed over time and communicates object developed over time and to communicates extensive research. research. Some transitions indicate change communicate research. Few transitions are Transitions help indicate change over over time. used. time. of view of author is strengthened through convincing word choice. Conventions Writing contains few or no errors in Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization Spelling, punctuation, or capitalization spelling, punctuation, or capitalization. mistakes do not detract from the text. mistakes detract from meaning and/or Parenthetical credit is accurate in the Most of the parenthetical credit is accurate readability. body of the text. in the body of the text. Parenthetical credit is inaccurate in the The Cited page is correctly The Cited page is correctly formatted body of the text. formatted with no errors in citation. with few errors in citation. The Works Cited page is missing or incomplete, and it contains numerous errors in formatting and citation.
Rubric for Unit Embedded Assessment—Writing About Change Exemplary Proficient Emerging Ideas The written text thoroughly documents the development of an object over time. The project demonstrates extensive research with credible and relevant sources. The evidence supports the claim of the author and convinces audience of his/her beliefs. The text documents the development of an on object over time. The project demonstrates research in relevant sources. An explanation of the change is evident but persuasion on why change was necessary not supported. The text does not document the development of the object over time. The project lacks evidence of research and appropriate sources. An explanation of the change is not evident. Organization The text is focused, well organized, and includes important details and examples. The writing is focused, organized, and includes details and examples. Writing is unfocused and disorganized. Use of Language Word choice directly clarifies how the object developed over time and clearly communicates extensive research. Transitions help indicate change over time. of view of author is strengthened through convincing word choice. Word choice clarifies how the object developed over time and communicates research. Some transitions indicate change over time. Word choice does little to clarify how the object developed over time and to communicate research. Few transitions are used. Conventions Writing contains few or no errors in spelling, punctuation, or capitalization. Parenthetical credit is accurate in the body of the text. The Cited page is correctly formatted with no errors in citation. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization mistakes do not detract from the text. Most of the parenthetical credit is accurate in the body of the text. The Cited page is correctly formatted with few errors in citation. Spelling, punctuation, or capitalization mistakes detract from meaning and/or readability. Parenthetical credit is inaccurate in the body of the text. The Works Cited page is missing or incomplete, and it contains numerous errors in formatting and citation.
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