50 Point Essay Rubric - Central Bucks School District



50 Point Essay Rubric Name______________________________________________ Date__________________________

|Organization |Superior 10-8 |Proficient 7-6 |Satisfactory 5-4 |Limited 3-2 |Unsatisfactory 1-0 |

|10 points | | | | | |

| |Well-structured introduction with |Well-structured introduction with |Properly structured introduction |Poorly structured introduction |Introduction is incomplete, |

| |strong, sharply focused thesis |clear thesis |with satisfactory thesis |with unclear thesis |ineffective, or missing. No |

| |statement | | | |apparent thesis. |

| |Sharply focused topic sentences |Topic sentences and paragraphs are|Moderately effective topic |Ineffective topic sentences and |Topic sentences and paragraphs are|

| |and paragraphs that are closely |clearly related to thesis |sentences and paragraphs logically|paragraphs that are not logically |irrelevant or missing |

| |related to thesis | |related to thesis |related to thesis | |

| |Well-constructed and clear |Sufficiently effective conclusion |Somewhat effective conclusion |Incompletely developed conclusion |Absent, incomplete, or unfocused |

| |conclusion that strongly reaffirms|which reaffirms thesis and ties |which restates thesis, but does |which fails to effectively tie |conclusion |

| |thesis |together main ideas and facts |not fully tie together main ideas |together main ideas and facts | |

| | | |and facts | | |

|Content Idea Development |Superior 30-27 |Proficient 26-23 |Satisfactory 22-19 |Limited 18-15 |Unsatisfactory 14-0 |

|30 points | | | | | |

| |Interesting and complete |Content is accurate and relevant, |Explanation of topic is |Partial or incomplete explanation |Inadequate explanation of topic |

| |explanation of topic, with |with sufficient evidence to |satisfactory, with mostly |of topic, with insufficient |with inadequate or missing |

| |specific, accurate, and relevant |adequately explain topic |sufficient evidence, but mostly |evidence and inaccuracies |evidence and many factual errors |

| |information. | |general. More detail needed. Some | | |

| | | |factual errors | | |

| |Fully developed body paragraphs |Well-developed body paragraphs |Body paragraphs that |Body paragraphs that provide |Body paragraphs that do not |

| |that clearly and effectively |sufficiently support thesis with |satisfactorily support thesis but |limited and inadequate support of |support thesis |

| |support thesis with three |three arguments |could be more developed; only two |thesis; only one argument | |

| |arguments | |arguments | | |

|Mechanics |Superior 10-8 |Proficient 7-6 |Satisfactory 5-4 |Limited 3-2 |Unsatisfactory 1-0 |

|10 points | | | | | |

| |Very clear and easily understood, |Sufficiently clear and |Mostly clear and understandable, |Somewhat clear and difficult to |Unclear and difficult to |

| |with few, if any, grammatical |understandable, with few |with some grammatical errors |understand, with many errors |understand, with multiple errors |

| |errors |grammatical errors | | | |

| |Paragraphs flow smoothly, and |Sentences are sufficiently |Sentences are mostly complete, |Sentences are sometimes |Sentences are often incomplete, |

| |transitions between sentences |complete, with only a few |with some structural errors. |incomplete, with more than a few |with many structural errors. |

| |and/or paragraphs are seamless and|structural errors. Transitions are|Transitions are satisfactory. |structural errors. Transitions are|Transitions are missing. |

| |effective |mostly effective | |ineffective. | |

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|/50 |Bibliography ____/5 | | | | |

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