Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Idea Takes a strong, well Clear position taken Position is not clearly No clear position taken; Development defined position; uses at and defined; some stated; development undeveloped reasons; least four appropriate reasons and some is brief; unrelated, no facts used reasons with at least details present but not unsupported general three supporting details fully developed statements, reasons, for each reason and details; minimal facts used Organization Writer demonstrates Paragraph development Logical organizations; No evidence of logical, subtle sequencing present but not organization of paragraph structure; no of ideas through perfected not fully developed; introduction or paragraphs; introduction and conclusion; illogical transitions are used to conclusion present but organization of enhance organization; a not fully developed gripping introduction and a strong conclusion evident Management of Submitted on time; Utilizes class time; Deadlines met with Consistently Time utilizes class time deadline met; supervision; home unprepared; late; appropriately; seeks help submitted on time preparation minimal unfinished; no evidence in research and writing; of homework evidence of homework each night; action plan Mechanics and Error-free paper, accurate Few errors present in Incorrect sentence Multiple errors present Language Usage spelling and punctuation, spelling, punctuation, structure; spelling, in sentence structure, capitalization, and usage; capitalization, and punctuation, spelling, punctuation, usage; some attempt at capitalization, errors and capitalization; weak sentence variety; present; repetitious vocabulary and
Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Idea Development Takes a strong, well defined position; uses at least four appropriate reasons with at least three supporting details for each reason Clear position taken and defined; some reasons and some details present but not fully developed Position is not clearly stated; development is brief; unrelated, unsupported general statements, reasons, and details; minimal facts used No clear position taken; undeveloped reasons; no facts used Organization Writer demonstrates logical, subtle sequencing of ideas through paragraphs; transitions are used to enhance organization; a gripping introduction and a strong conclusion evident Paragraph development present but not perfected Logical organizations; organization of not fully developed; introduction and conclusion present but not fully developed No evidence of paragraph structure; no introduction or conclusion; illogical organization of Management of Time Submitted on time; utilizes class time appropriately; seeks help in research and writing; evidence of homework each night; action plan Utilizes class time; deadline met; submitted on time Deadlines met with supervision; home preparation minimal Consistently unprepared; late; unfinished; no evidence of homework Mechanics and Language Usage Error-free paper, accurate spelling and punctuation, capitalization, and usage; Few errors present in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and usage; some attempt at sentence variety; Incorrect sentence structure; spelling, punctuation, capitalization, errors present; repetitious Multiple errors present in sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization; weak vocabulary and
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