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Dbqrubric
Dbqrubric
Name___________________________
Explanation
ofideas
(claimor
thesis)and
information
68RH.07
Organization
68WWS.01b
68WWS.01d
68WWS.04
Citations
68RH.01
Content
8ER.01
AdvancedProficiency5
Proficient4
BasicProficiency3
ApproachingProficiency2
Claimorthesisisstrong
Claimorthesisisclearly
Claimorthesisisclearbut
Theessayisaboutsome
andclearlystated.
stated.
maybeoverlysimple.
kindofopeningstatement.
Usesveryrelevant,
Usessufficientclear,
Usessomerelevant
Usessomerelevant
wellchosendescriptions,
relevantdescriptions,facts descriptions,facts,details
descriptions,factsand
facts,details,and
anddetailstoconvincingly andexamplesthatsupport
details,buttheremaynot
examplestosupportclaim supportclaimorthesis.
ideasclaimorthesisis
beenoughorsomemay
orthesis.
adequatelysupported.
beirrelevant.
Usescrediblesources
Usescrediblesourcesand Usescrediblesourcesand
Attemptstousecredible
andcitesevidence
citesevidence.
attemptsevidencecitation.
sourcesandciteevidence
accurately
butmaynotbeaccurate.
Strongsenseofaudience
Adequatesenseof
Adequatesenseofaudience Littlesenseofpurpose.
andpurpose
audienceandpurpose
andpurpose.
Ideasclearlysupportthe
Ideassupportthethesis
Ideasareconnectedtothe
Someideasarepresent,
thesisandflowinalogical andmovefromonetothe
thesisandmovefromoneto butmightbeloosely
order,emphasizingmain
nextinalogicalorder.
thenextinareasonable
connectedtotheclaimor
pointsinafocusedand
sequence.
thesisornotinalogical
easilyunderstoodmanner.
order.
Introductionand
Introductionand
Introductionandconclusion
Introductionand
conclusionareeffective
conclusionarepresentand arepresent.
conclusionareweakand/
andattentiongetting
wellstated.
orineffective.
Transitionsareused
Transitionsareusedto
Sometransitionsareevident. Fewtransitionsare
effectivelytomove
movefromoneideatothe
evident.
smoothlyfromoneideato
next.
thenext.
Allcontentisproperlycited Mostcontentisproperly
Somecontentiscitedand
Fewcitationsandone
andatleasttwodocuments citedandtwodocuments
onedocumentisused
documentisused
areused
areused
Showsadeepand
profoundunderstandingof
thedevelopmentofthe
content,abletoaddnew
informationtothecontent
Showsadeep
understandingofthe
developmentofthecontent
Showsabasicunderstanding Showsasome
ofcontent
understandingofcontent,
lackingmajorconcepts
BelowProficiency1
Noclaim,thesis,or
unifyingideaisstated.
Usestoofew,or
irrelevantdescriptions,
facts,detailsor
examplestosupport
ideas.
Sourcesarenot
credibleoraccurateand
arenotproperlycited.
Nosenseofpurpose.
Thereislittle
connectionfromone
ideatothenext.
Introductionor
conclusionnotpresent.
Fewornotransitions
areevident.
Nocitationsandno
documentsareused
Showsnounderstanding
ofcontent
Research
Includesaproperly
formattedWorksCited
pagereflectingvarious
authoritative(relevant,
recent,reliable,
representative)sources
Includesaproperly
formattedWorksCited
pagereflectingquality
source(s)
IncludesaWorksCited
page
Listsresourcesused
Doesnotlistresources