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Rubric for Assessing a Journal Entry

Journal Prompt #________, ________, ________
Needs Almost meeting Expectations Are Exceeds
Criteria
Improvement expectations Met Expectations
Content Response consists Response Response thoughtful Response to assigned
of unsupported adequately and fairly well topic thorough and
opinions only addresses some written; most well written, with
marginally aspects of the opinions supported varied sentence
related to the assigned topic; with facts structure and
topic. opinions sometimes vocabulary; opinions
based on incorrect always supported with
information. facts.

Idea Ideas not clearly Incomplete Good reliance upon Excellent use of
Develop- stated or development of examples and details examples and details to
developed. ideas; details and to illustrate and explore and develop
ment examples not develop ideas and ideas and opinions.
always evident. opinions.

Organiza- Entry is Topics and ideas Contains Very logically

tion unstructured. discussed introduction, some organized; contains
somewhat development of introduction;
randomly; entry ideas, and development of main
may lack clearly conclusion. idea (or ideas), and
defined conclusion.
introduction or
conclusion.

Mechanics Many instances Several spelling Few or no spelling Flawless spelling and
of incorrect and punctuation errors; some minor punctuation.
spelling and errors. punctuation
punctuation. mistakes.

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