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Formal Essay Rubric

Name: ______________________ Sheehan High School English Per. ____

|Criteria |Exemplary |Proficient |Needs Improvement |Unacceptable |Student |Teacher |

| | | | | |Grade |Grade |

|Support |Two strong, well-developed |Two moderately developed |Underdeveloped/inaccurate |One (or more) assertions/examples | | |

| |assertions/examples per body paragraph |assertions/examples per body paragraph |assertions/examples in body paragraphs |missing in body paragraphs | | |

|And |Two quotes per body paragraph that |Most quotes provide meaningful evidence |Missing some quotes or some |No quotes or many inappropriate ones | | |

| |provide meaningful evidence to support |to support assertions |inappropriate/random ones or restates |with no connection to argument | | |

|Development |assertions |Most quotes adequately prefaced |assertion rather than proves it |No quotes prefaced | | |

| |Well-prefaced quotes |Some reflective comments that provide |Few quotes adequately prefaced |No reflective comments; no analysis of| | |

|(40 percent) |Reflective comments that provide |analysis of assertion/quotes |Few reflective comments (often restates |assertion/quotes | | |

| |insightful analysis of assertions/quotes |Some appropriate transitional elements |assertion); little analysis of |No transitional elements | | |

| |Appropriate transitional elements |Well-developed ideas with adequate |assertion/quotes |Undeveloped ideas with little or no | | |

| |Fully developed ideas with excellent |detail; draws some conclusions and |More transitional elements needed or some |detail; does not draw conclusions or | | |

| |detail; draws insightful conclusions and |demonstrates some critical thinking |inappropriate ones |demonstrate critical thinking | | |

| |demonstrates critical thinking | |Moderately developed ideas with some detail;|Rewrite necessary | | |

| | | |draws few conclusions and demonstrates | | | |

| | | |little critical thinking | | | |

|Syntax, |Sophisticated precise vocabulary |Appropriate vocabulary |Limited vocabulary (some slang/colloquial |Simplistic vocabulary (many | | |

|Diction, |Varied sentence structure |Some varied sentence structure |expressions) |slang/colloquial expressions) | | |

|and |Appropriate verb tense with active verbs |Inconsistencies with tense, some active |Inadequate sentence structure |No variety in sentence structure | | |

|Mechanics |No run-ons or fragments |verbs |Many errors with tense, |Displays glaring errors that | | |

| |Displays overall accuracy |A few run-ons or fragments |weak/passive verbs |seriously compromises | | |

|(30 percent) | |Displays some errors that do not |Many run-ons or fragments |understanding of writing | | |

| | |compromise understanding of writing |Displays many errors that compromise |Rewrite necessary | | |

| | | |understanding of writing | | | |

|Format |12 font, double spaced |Title reflects thesis |Title does not reflect thesis |No title | | |

| |Creative title that reflects thesis |Some errors in pagination |Many errors in pagination |No pagination | | |

|(5 percent) |No errors in pagination |Minor errors in citation punctuation |Major errors in citation punctuation |No citation punctuation | | |

| |Correct citation punctuation (MLA) |Inconsistencies with POV |Many inconsistencies with POV |Inconsistencies with POV -compromises | | |

| |Writing in third person POV (no “I” or | | |meaning | | |

| |you”) | | |Rewrite necessary | | |

Score: ______ ______

Final Grade: _____________ Rewrite Grade: _____________

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