Insufficient: F or 50% or less	Partially Sufficient: C or 75%	Sufficient: B or 85%	Exemplary: A or 95%
❒The student’s answer is clear but incorrect, or ❒The student’s answer is illegible,  or ❒The student’s answer is unclear – either too generalized or too vague to determine whether it is reasonable.	❒The student offers a reasonable answer, However, ò	❒The student offers a reasonable answer, And ò	❒The student offers a reasonable answer, And ò
	❒The student’s support from the text is insufficient, because: o The student provides evidence from the text that is generalized, incomplete, or only partially accurate, or partially relevant o Rather than providing reasons and then giving evidence, the writer merely retells the story. o The student provides evidence from the text, but it is only weakly connected to the student’s answer o The student provides no evidence from the text at all	❒The student supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text, However, ò	❒The student supports the answer with accurate, relevant, and specific evidence from the text, And ò
		❒The student’s writing shows a lack of basic skills: o incomplete sentences, o capitalization errors, o inability to create paragraphs, o awkward confusing sentence structure, o uses “you” inappropriately o uses pronouns where nouns are needed, or o writes in slang, text messaging, etc.	❒The student’s writing shows a mastery of at least basic skills: o writes in complete sentences, o understands basic capitalization, o organizes essay into paragraphs, o writes clear sentences, o uses characters’ names and not just “he” and “she”, and o is able and willing to use Standard English