William Who, Shakespeare Why Essay

Rubric
Categories

Clearly related
several concepts
to answer question

Related several
concepts to answer
question

Concept answered
question

Concepts do not
answer question

Reads smoothly,
Transitions
flow,Varied &
purposeful
beginnings

Varied & purposeful

beginnings, Missing
transitions,
constructed
sentences and/or
variation

Repetitive, Flows,
Some awkward
phrasing

First Draft Quality

Conventions

No Errors: spelling,
grammar,
punctuation, caps
& paragraph

Very Few Errors:

spelling, grammar,
punctuation, caps &
paragraph

Some Errors:
spelling, grammar,
punctuation, caps
& paragraph

Rough Draft
Quality

Organization

Main Idea,7 to 5
Supporting Details,
Conclusion

Main Idea,4 to 3
Supporting Details

Main Idea,2
Supporting Details

Missing Main Idea

and/or Supporting
Detail

Originality

Essay is in the
students own
words and in text
citations are
incorporated
correctly.

Essay is in the
students own
words but there are
some errors with
the in text citations

There are multiple

errors with text
citations, causing
the paper to
appear unoriginal.

Writing
Process

It is evident that
each step of the
writing process
was completed

Most steps of the

writing process
were followed.

Only 1 or 2 steps
of the writing
process were
followed.

Only one draft was

submitted

Essay follows the

assigned format:
Indentations
Times New Roman
12 inch font
Double space
Header

1 or 2 elements are
not formatted
correctly.

3 or 4 elements
are not formatted
correctly.

Paper is not
formatted correctly

Most entries of the

works cited page
are formatted
correctly

There are 4 or 5
errors on the
works cited page

The majority of the

entries are
formatted
incorrectly OR no
works cited page is
present.

More than 80%

More than 70%

Less than 60%

Ideas

Sentence
Fluency

Essay
Format

Each entry of the

Works Cited works cited page is

formatted correctly.

Completion

More than 90%

Grade
Comments

The majority or
none of the
citations are
incorporated
correctly.