RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

CRITERIA BELOW MEETS EXCEEDS FAR EXCEEDS

STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD
(2.75 AND (2.5-1.75) (1.5-1.25) (1.0)
BELOW)
ORGANIZATION Writing lacks Writing is Writing is Writing shows
logical coherent and coherent and high degree of
organization. It logically logically organized attention to logic
shows some organized. Some with transitions and reasoning of
coherence but points remain used between points. Unity
ideas lack unity. misplaced and ideas and clearly leads the
Serious errors. stray from the paragraphs to reader to the
topic. Transitions create coherence. conclusion and
evident but not Overall unity of stirs thought
used throughout ideas is present. regarding the
essay. topic.
LEVEL OF Shows some Content indicates Content indicates Content indicates
CONTENT thinking and thinking and original thinking synthesis of ideas,
reasoning but reasoning applied and develops in-depth analysis
most ideas are with original ideas with and evidences
underdeveloped thought on a few sufficient and firm original thought
and unoriginal. ideas. evidence. and support for
the topic.
DEVELOPMENT Main points lack Main points are Main points well Main points well
detailed present with developed with developed with
development. limited detail and quality supporting high quality and
Ideas are vague development. details and quantity support.
with little Some critical quantity. Critical Reveals high
evidence of thinking is thinking is degree of critical
critical thinking. present. weaved into thinking.
points
GRAMAR AND Spelling, Most spelling, Essay has few Essay is free of
MECHANICS punctuation, and punctuation, and spelling, distracting
grammatical grammar correct punctuation, and spelling,
errors create allowing reader to grammatical punctuation, and
distraction, progress though errors allowing grammatical
making reading essay. Some reader to follow errors; absent of
difficult; errors remain. ideas clearly. Very fragments,
fragments, few fragments or comma splices,
comma splices, run-ons. and run-ons.
run-ons evident.
Errors are
frequent.
STYLE Mostly in Approaches Attains college Shows
elementary form college level level style; tone is outstanding style
with little or no usage of some appropriate and going beyond
variety in variety in rhetorical devices usual college
sentence sentence used to enhance level; rhetorical
structure, diction, patterns, diction, content; sentence devices and tone
rhetorical devices and rhetorical variety used used effectively;
or emphasis. devices effectively. creative use of
sentence
structure and
coordination
FORMAT Fails to follow Meets format and Meets format and Meets all formal
format and assignment assignment and assignment
assignment requirements; requirements; requirements and
requirements; generally correct margins, spacing, evidences
incorrect margins, margins, spacing, and indentations attention to
spacing and and indentations; are correct; essay detail; all margins,
indentation; essay is neat but is neat and spacing and
neatness of essay may have some correctly indentations are
needs attention. assembly errors. assembled. correct; essay is
neat and correctly
assembled with
professional look.