AVID Writing Rubric - WHHS AVID



AVID Writing Rubric

|ESSENTIAL |4 – Exemplary |3 – Proficient |2 – Novice |1 – Unsatisfactory |

|ELEMENTS |Letter Grade: A |Letter Grade: B |Letter Grade C |Letter Grade: D or F |

|MAIN IDEA |Commendable focus, thesis or hypothesis |Effective focus, thesis or hypothesis that |Suitable focus, thesis or hypothesis that |Limited focus, thesis or hypothesis that |

|Clear focus, thesis, or hypothesis |that frames argument. |frames argument. |frames argument. |frames argument. |

|Writer understands task |Advanced demonstration of |Significant demonstration of comprehension |Acceptable demonstration of comprehension |Negligible demonstration of comprehension |

| |comprehension of task. |of task. |of task. |task. |

|CONTENT |Extensive presence of accurate supporting |Considerable presence of accurate |Adequate presence of accurate supporting |Minimal presence of accurate supporting |

|Accurate supporting details/evidence |detail/evidence. |supporting detail/evidence. |detail/evidence. |detail/evidence. |

|Detail/evidence well-suited to audience |Detail is always well suited to audience. |Detail is usually well suited to audience. |Detail is sometimes well suited to |Detail is rarely well suited to audience. |

|Detail/evidence relevant to main idea |Evidence is consistently relevant to the |Evidence is nearly always relevant to the |audience. |Evidence is rarely relevant to the main |

|Accurate conclusion(s) |main idea. |main idea. |Evidence is relevant to the main idea some |idea. |

| |Accurate and logical conclusion that |Mostly accurate and logical conclusion that|of the time. |Minimally accurate and logical conclusion. |

| |extensively synthesizes argument. |effectively synthesizes argument. |Generally accurate and logical conclusion | |

| | | |that partially synthesizes argument. | |

|ORGANIZATION |Introductory statement is present and |Introductory statement is present and |Introductory statement is present and |Introductory statement is limited. |

|Introduction |commendable. |effective. |acceptable. |Body of supporting material is limited. |

|Body |Body of supporting material is present and |Body of supporting material is present and |Body of supporting material is present and |Conclusion is limited. |

|Conclusion |commendable. |effective. |acceptable. |Rare utilization of transitions. |

|Transitions |Conclusion is present and commendable. |Conclusion is present and effective. |Conclusion is present and acceptable. |Little or no use of MLA format. |

|MLA format |Smooth and enriching transitions. |Smooth and effective transitions. |Suitable transitions. | |

| |Follows MLA format |Minor error in MLA format |Satisfactory use of MLA format | |

|LANGUAGE USE |Extensive use of accurate vocabulary. |Ample use of accurate vocabulary. |Acceptable use of accurate vocabulary. |Occasional use of accurate vocabulary. |

|Accurate vocabulary |Extraordinary word choice. |Effective word choice. |Adequate word choice. |Limited word choice. |

|Varied word choice |Extensive variation in sentence form and |Substantial variation in sentence form and |Suitable variation in sentence form and |Negligible variation in sentence form and |

|Sentence form and structure |structure. |structure. |structure. |structure. |

|Coherence |Product is consistently coherent and reads |Product is usually coherent and reads well.|Product is sometimes coherent and reads |Product is rarely coherent and does not |

| |extraordinarily well. | |well some of the time. |read well. |

|MECHANICS |Commendable control of standard writing |Effective control of standard writing |Adequate control of standard writing |Limited control of standard writing |

|Spelling |conventions (spelling, capitalization, |conventions (spelling, capitalization, |conventions (spelling, capitalization, |conventions (spelling, capitalization, |

|Capitalization and punctuation |punctuation, and grammar). |punctuation, and grammar). |punctuation, and grammar). |punctuation, and grammar). |

|Grammar | | | | |

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