8th grade Essay Rubric - Weebly



8th grade Essay Rubric

| |Advanced |Proficient |Basic |Below Basic |No attempt |

|Content |Essay is organized with a distinct|Essay is organized with distinct |Essay is organized into |Essay is organized all as one |Essay had no attempt at |

|25 points |intro, body paragraphs and |intro, body paragraphs and |distinct intro, body paragraphs|paragraph, doesn’t answer the |organization or |

| |conclusion; thoughts are specific |conclusion; essay answers the |and conclusion; essay answers |prompt or has no clear intro, |paragraphs, or answering |

| |and answer the prompt or topic ; |prompt and focuses on one specific|prompt, but is not specific 15 |body and conclusion 10 pts. |the topic |

| |body paragraphs use pyramid method|topic, some pyramiding present |pts. | |O pts. |

| |and intro has attention getter 25 |20pts. | | | |

| |pts. | | | | |

|Style |Essay has a strong sense of voice,|Essay has a strong sense of voice,|Essay has sense of voice and |Essay has little sense of voice|Essay has no voice and an |

|25 points |uses strong attention getting |attention getting techniques and |some good vocabulary 15 pts. |and basic vocabulary 10 pts. |elementary vocabulary, or |

| |techniques, and shows language |good vocabulary 20 pts. | | |was not written 0 pts. |

| |craft including strong vocabulary | | | | |

| |25 pts. | | | | |

|Sentence formation |Essay has complete sentences, |Essay has complete sentences, |Essay has complete sentences |Essay sentences are not |Sentences are all |

|20 points |sentences of different lengths and|sentences of diff. lengths and |and sentences of diff. lengths |complete, or mostly run-ons, |fragmented, run-ons or |

| |patterns, and diff. sentence types|types 15 pts. |OR types 10 pts. |sentences are mostly the same |developmentally |

| |20 pts. | | |length and type 5 pts. |inappropriate 0 pts. |

|Usage |Essay has correct forms of |Essay has correct form of homonyms|Essay has correct form of |Essay has incorrect homonyms, |Word usage is garbled to |

|10 points |homonyms, and uses correct |and word choice 7pts. |homonyms 5 pts. |incorrect word usage and/or |the point of being |

| |conjunctions and word choice 10 | | |incorrect conjunctions 3pts. |incomprehensible 0pts. |

| |pts. | | | | |

|Mechanics |Essay has correct spelling and |Essay has mostly correct spelling |Essay has frequent errors in |Essay has a high level of |Essay exhibits no |

|10 points |punctuation 10 pts. |and punctuation 7 pts. |spelling and punctuation 5pts. |spelling and punctuation errors|punctuation, or is written|

| | | | |3pts. |phonetically. |

|Literary Devices |Essay has five or more of the |Essay has three or more of the |Essay has two literary devices,|Essay makes some attempt at |Essay contains no attempt |

|10 points |following: metaphor, alliteration,|aforementioned Literary devices |or one and further unsuccessful|literary devices 3 pts. |at literary devices. 0pts.|

| |simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, |7pts. |attempts 5 pts. | | |

| |purposeful repetition, rhyme, | | | | |

| |symbolism, imagery 10 pts. | | | | |

Total:________/100 Draft #____________ Another draft? Y / N

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