ESSAY RUBRIC

LEVELS OF EFFECTIVENESS
COMPONENTS OF WRITING 4 3 2 1 0
ABILLITY LEVEL Comple Extensive Moderate Limited Zero
AND SPECIFIC CRITERIA te
COMMENTS
1. Content
__ Stays on topic.
__ Makes sense.
__ Relevant details
__ Relevant examples
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2. Organization
__ Topic sentence/ main focus
__ Supporting body paragraphs.
__ Ideas are connected.
__ Conclusion/ restate main topic.

3. Vocabulary
__ Variety of words
__ Effective word choice

4. Grammar
__ Subject- verb agreement
__ Tense
__ Pronoun usage
__ Article usage
__ Preposition usage
__ Possessives

5. Mechanics
__ Spelling
__ Punctuation
__ Capitalization
__ Indent paragraphs
level value
(N max)
Cumul-
lative