ESSAY/REFLECTION WRITING RUBCRIC
EXCELLENT GOOD
(10 PTS.)
- Content is comprehensive,
accurate, and persuasive.
- Major points are stated
CONTENT AND DEVELOP- clearly and are well support-
MENT ed.
- Responses are excellent,
timely and address topic.
- Content is clear.
-Structure of the paper is
clear and easy to follow.
- Transitions are logical and
ORGANIZATION AND maintain the flow of thought
STRUCTURE throughout the paper.
- Conclusion is logical and
flows from the body of the pa-
per.
- Rules of grammar, usage,
- Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed
GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION
and punctuation are followed;
AND SPELLING spelling is correct.
Spelling is correct.
FAIR POOR
(8 PTS.) (5 PTS.) (1 PT.)
- Content is not comprehen-
- Content is accurate and
sive and /or persuasive.
persuasive.
- Major points are addressed,
- Major points are stated. - Content is incomplete.
but not well supported.
- Responses are adequate and - Major points are not clear.
- Responses are inadequate
address topic.
or do not address topic.
- Content is clear.
-
- Structure of the paper is not
easy to follow.
- Structure is mostly clear - Organization and structure
and easy to follow. - Transitions need improve- detract from the message.
ment.
- Transitions are present. - Writing is disjointed and
- Conclusion is missing, or if lacks transition of thoughts.
- Conclusion is logical.
provided, does not flow from
the body of the paper.
- Paper contains few gram- - Paper contains numerous
with minor errors. matical, punctuation and grammatical, punctuation,
spelling errors. and spelling errors.