Name______________________________________ DC Reflection Essay Remediation Near Mastery Mastery Exceeds Mastery (Must Fix) 4 Score 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 Information The writer wrote a basic The writer clearly stated The writer worked to The writer analyzed W7.3 summary of the experience. what happened during make the information the experience of the The essay is more informative each experience, but did understandable and trip or created a and lacks details of a not share in depth details interesting. The writer reflection in which it reflection. about the experience. summarized each felt as though he or experience and shared she was reliving the details, examples or experience. stories. Organization The writer did not use an The writer organized the The writer chose a The writer used topic W7.4 obvious organizational writing into a sequence focused subject. sentences, transitions, structure. There was more of separate The writer clear topic and formatting where than one topic per paragraph. sections. The write may sentences. The writer appropriate to have used headings to made deliberate highlight main points. highlight the separate choices about how to sections. order sections and about the sequence of information and ideas within sections. Craft The writing either had some of The writing either had The writer used a The writer had W7.4 the formal style, the 5 some of the formal style, formal style. There purposefully chosen paragraphs, topic sentences, the 5 paragraphs, topic were a minimum 5 the structure of the or supporting sentences, but sentences, or supporting paragraphs with a topic reflection to mirror one was missing more than sentences, but one was sentence and 3 the experience or a one of the key elements. missing one of the key supporting sentences. similar purpose to the elements. structure. Spelling/ Spelling errors occur even in Technical terms have Spelling is overall Spelling is correct. Grammar commonly spelled words. spelling errors. Nearly all correct including Basic punctuation and L7.2 Capitalization and punctuation capitalization is done technical from the capitalization is are spotty or appear to be properly with an trip. Proper nouns were correct. The writer random. occasional error. capitalized and correct experimented with Commas and punctuation use of commas and additional exist, but there are punctuation. punctuation and sentences or sentence structure fragments. with overall correctness.
Name______________________________________ DC Reflection Essay Remediation (Must Fix) 1 1.5 Near Mastery 2 2.5 Mastery 3 3.5 Exceeds Mastery 4 Score Information W7.3 The writer wrote a basic summary of the experience. The essay is more informative and lacks details of a reflection. The writer clearly stated what happened during each experience, but did not share in depth details about the experience. The writer worked to make the information understandable and interesting. The writer summarized each experience and shared details, examples or stories. The writer analyzed the experience of the trip or created a reflection in which it felt as though he or she was reliving the experience. Organization W7.4 The writer did not use an obvious organizational structure. There was more than one topic per paragraph. The writer organized the writing into a sequence of separate sections. The write may have used headings to highlight the separate sections. The writer chose a focused subject. The writer clear topic sentences. The writer made deliberate choices about how to order sections and about the sequence of information and ideas within sections. The writer used topic sentences, transitions, and formatting where appropriate to highlight main points. Craft W7.4 The writing either had some of the formal style, the 5 paragraphs, topic sentences, or supporting sentences, but one was missing more than one of the key elements. The writing either had some of the formal style, the 5 paragraphs, topic sentences, or supporting sentences, but one was missing one of the key elements. The writer used a formal style. There were a minimum 5 paragraphs with a topic sentence and 3 supporting sentences. The writer had purposefully chosen the structure of the reflection to mirror the experience or a similar purpose to the structure. Spelling/ Grammar L7.2 Spelling errors occur even in commonly spelled words. Capitalization and punctuation are spotty or appear to be random. Technical terms have spelling errors. Nearly all capitalization is done properly with an occasional error. Commas and punctuation exist, but there are sentences or fragments. Spelling is overall correct including technical from the trip. Proper nouns were capitalized and correct use of commas and punctuation. Spelling is correct. Basic punctuation and capitalization is correct. The writer experimented with additional punctuation and sentence structure with overall correctness.
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