| Grading criteria | | Purpose for writing | You effectively establish the context and purpose of the writing assignment or paper; the thesis is clearly conveyed and central theme is readily apparent. | You establish the context and purpose of the writing assignment or paper; the thesis is identified and central theme is indicated. | You ineffectively establish the context and purpose of the writing assignment or paper; the thesis is unclear and central theme is not established. | You poorly establish the context and purpose of the writing assignment or paper; the thesis is not indicated and central theme is missing or insufficient. | |
| | Content development | You use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content that demonstrates mastery of the subject; provide an advanced and thoughtful analysis of ideas; present an in-depth synthesis of ideas demonstrating insight and interpretation; and include appropriate references to readings wherever necessary. | You use appropriate and relevant content that demonstrates good command of the subject; provide an effective and well-developed analysis of ideas; and include references to readings. | You use mostly appropriate content that demonstrates an adequate command of the subject; provide a cursory analysis of ideas; and include insufficient references to readings. | You use inappropriate and irrelevant content, provide little, if any, analysis, and do not include references to readings. | |
| | Organization | You lucidly organize material into well-formed paragraphs and arrange your ideas logically to support the purpose of the paper; writing is fluid with an explicit focus and sensible structure. | You logically organize material into well-formed paragraphs; writing has focus and structure. | You incoherently organize material and provide insufficient supporting detail; writing is somewhat disjointed and disorganized. | You poorly organize material, often impairing the reader's ability to comprehend it; significant details are missing or irrelevant; writing is completely disjointed and lacks correct form and structure. | |
| | Expectations and completeness | You effectively fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment, thoroughly address all assignment criteria, and fully develop and explore concepts. | You fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and sufficiently address assignment criteria and explore concepts. | You minimally fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and insufficiently address criteria and explore concepts. | You do not fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and inadequately address assignment criteria and explore concepts. | |
| | Evidence | You support points and subpoints with abundant clarifying detail, include relevant and clearly attributed sources as necessary, and effectively link ideas; comprehensive evidence extends ideas and fully authenticates the purpose/thesis of the writing assignment or paper. | You support most points and subpoints with sufficient detail, attribute sources as necessary, and link ideas; evidence relates to the purpose/thesis of the writing assignment or paper. | You ineffectively support points and subpoints with insufficient detail and improperly link ideas; most evidence does not relate to the purpose/thesis of the writing assignment or paper. | You inadequately support points and subpoints with irrelevant detail and do not properly link ideas; little, if any, evidence relates to the purpose/thesis of the writing assignment or paper. | |
| | Mechanics | You write in complete, well-constructed sentences with faultless grammar, word choice, punctuation, and spelling; writing is sharp, coherent, and demonstrates sophisticated clarity. | You write in complete sentences with mostly correct grammar, word choice, punctuation, and spelling; minor errors may exist but do not compromise meaning. | You write in unclear sentences with errors in grammar, word choice, punctuation, and spelling that compromise meaning. | You write in incomplete, incomprehensible sentences filled with errors in grammar, word choice, punctuation, or spelling. | |
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smatal
11 years ago
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